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Majorana STM是奇频超导的理想探测器

The Majorana STM as a perfect detector of odd-frequency superconductivity

Oleksiy Kashuba, Björn Sothmann, Pablo Burset, Björn Trauzettel

摘要:

提出了一种新型的扫描隧道显微镜(STM)器件,其中隧道尖端由马约拉纳束缚态(MBS)形成。这种特殊的束缚态存在于一维拓扑超导体的边界处。由于MBS必须是有效的无自旋和本地的,我们认为,它是最小的单位,显示自己的奇频超导配对。奇频超导的特征在于反常格林函数,它是构成库珀对的两个电子的时间自变量的奇函数。有趣的是,我们的Majorana STM可以用作奇频超导的完美探测器。原因是,只有当后一个系统表现出奇频配对时,马约拉纳STM和任何其他超导体之间的超导电流才能流动。为了说明我们的总体思路,我们考虑了Majorana STM耦合到传统超导体附近的量子点的隧穿问题。在这样的(超导)量子点中,如果施加外部磁场,有效配对可以从偶频行为调谐到奇频行为。

英文摘要:

We propose a novel scanning tunneling microscope (STM) device in which the tunneling tip is formed by a Majorana bound state (MBS). This peculiar bound state exists at the boundary of a one-dimensional topological superconductor. Since the MBS has to be effectively spinless and local, we argue that it is the smallest unit that shows itself odd-frequency superconducting pairing. Odd-frequency superconductivity is characterized by an anomalous Green function which is an odd function of the time arguments of the two electrons forming the Cooper pair. Interestingly, our Majorana STM can be used as the perfect detector of odd-frequency superconductivity. The reason is that a supercurrent between the Majorana STM and any other superconductor can only flow if the latter system exhibits itself odd-frequency pairing. To illustrate our general idea, we consider the tunneling problem of the Majorana STM coupled to a quantum dot in vicinity to a conventional superconductor. In such a (superconducting) quantum dot, the effective pairing can be tuned from even- to odd-frequency behavior if an external magnetic field is applied to it.

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