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用低频双Shapiro步探测拓扑超导性

Detecting topological superconductivity using low-frequency doubled Shapiro steps

Jay D. Sau, F. Setiawan

摘要:

分数约瑟夫森效应已经在许多情况下被观察到作为包含零能量马约拉纳模式的拓扑超导态的签名。我们提出了一个非拓扑的方案,可以产生分数约瑟夫森效应一般在基于磁控管的约瑟夫森结,即一个共振杂质束缚态弱耦合到一个高度透明的沟道。我们证明了分数交流约瑟夫森效应可以通过朗道-齐纳过程产生,该过程翻转了杂质束缚态的电子占据。马约拉纳模式的约瑟夫森效应签名变得不同于这种非拓扑的情况下,只有在低频率。我们证明了分数交流约瑟夫森效应的一个变体,即低频加倍的夏皮罗台阶,可以提供一个更可靠的签名的拓扑超导态。

英文摘要:

The fractional Josephson effect has been observed in many instances as a signature of a topological superconducting state containing zero-energy Majorana modes. We present a nontopological scenario which can produce a fractional Josephson effect generically in semiconductor-based Josephson junctions, namely, a resonant impurity bound state weakly coupled to a highly transparent channel. We show that the fractional ac Josephson effect can be generated by the Landau-Zener processes which flip the electron occupancy of the impurity bound state. The Josephson effect signature for Majorana modes become distinct from this nontopological scenario only at low frequency. We prove that a variant of the fractional ac Josephson effect, namely, the low-frequency doubled Shapiro steps, can provide a more reliable signature of the topological superconducting state.

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