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半导体-铁磁体-超导体平面异质结构一维拓扑超导性

Semiconductor-ferromagnet-superconductor planar heterostructures for 1D topological superconductivity

Samuel D. Escribano, Andrea Maiani, Martin Leijnse, Karsten Flensberg, Yuval Oreg, Alfredo Levy Yeyati, Elsa Prada, Rubén Seoane Souto

摘要:

半导体(SM)纳米线,外延生长的超导体(SC)和铁磁绝缘体(FI)层的混合结构已被探索实验和理论作为替代平台的拓扑超导性在零磁场。在这里,我们分析了三方SM/FI/SC异质结构,但实现在一个平面堆叠的几何形状,薄FI层作为SM和SC之间的自旋极化隧穿势垒。我们优化系统的几何参数,使用微观模拟,找到FI厚度的范围内的混合系统可以调整到拓扑制度。在此范围内,由于堆叠几何形状提供的垂直限制,平凡和拓扑相位随着外部栅极的变化而定期交替,显示出可以达到SC一半的硬拓扑间隙。与使用六边形纳米线的设置相比,这是一个显著的改进,六边形纳米线显示出具有通常更小和更软间隙的不稳定拓扑区域。我们的建议提供了一个磁场自由平面设计的准一维拓扑超导性的实验控制和可扩展性有吸引力的属性。

英文摘要:

Hybrid structures of semiconducting (SM) nanowires, epitaxially grown superconductors (SC), and ferromagnetic-insulator (FI) layers have been explored experimentally and theoretically as alternative platforms for topological superconductivity at zero magnetic field. Here, we analyze a tripartite SM/FI/SC heterostructure but realized in a planar stacking geometry, where the thin FI layer acts as a spin-polarized tunneling barrier between the SM and the SC. We optimize the system's geometrical parameters using microscopic simulations, finding the range of FI thicknesses for which the hybrid system can be tuned into the topological regime. Within this range, and thanks to the vertical confinement provided by the stacking geometry, trivial and topological phases alternate regularly as the external gate is varied, displaying a hard topological gap that can reach half of the SC one. This is a significant improvement compared to setups using hexagonal nanowires, which show erratic topological regions with typically smaller and softer gaps. Our proposal provides a magnetic field-free planar design for quasi-one-dimensional topological superconductivity with attractive properties for experimental control and scalability.

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