Scaling of Majorana Zero-Bias Conductance Peaks

We report an experimental study of the scaling of zero-bias conductance peaks compatible with Majorana zero modes as a function of magnetic field, tunnel coupling, and temperature in one-dimensional structures fabricated from an epitaxial semiconductor-superconductor heterostructure. Results are con...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review letters 2017-09, Vol.119 (13), p.136803-136803, Article 136803
Hauptverfasser: Nichele, Fabrizio, Drachmann, Asbjørn C C, Whiticar, Alexander M, O'Farrell, Eoin C T, Suominen, Henri J, Fornieri, Antonio, Wang, Tian, Gardner, Geoffrey C, Thomas, Candice, Hatke, Anthony T, Krogstrup, Peter, Manfra, Michael J, Flensberg, Karsten, Marcus, Charles M
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Zusammenfassung:We report an experimental study of the scaling of zero-bias conductance peaks compatible with Majorana zero modes as a function of magnetic field, tunnel coupling, and temperature in one-dimensional structures fabricated from an epitaxial semiconductor-superconductor heterostructure. Results are consistent with theory, including a peak conductance that is proportional to tunnel coupling, saturates at 2e^{2}/h, decreases as expected with field-dependent gap, and collapses onto a simple scaling function in the dimensionless ratio of temperature and tunnel coupling.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/physrevlett.119.136803