Multiple Andreev reflection and critical current in topological superconducting nanowire junctions
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UAM. Departamento de Física de la Materia CondensadaPublisher
Institute of Physics Publishing (IOP)Date
2013-07-23Citation
10.1088/1367-2630/15/7/075019
New Journal of Physics 15 (2013): 075019
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1367-2630 (print)DOI
10.1088/1367-2630/15/7/075019Funded by
We acknowledge the support of the European Research Council, the Spanish Research Council CSIC through the JAE-Predoc Program (JC) and the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Innovation through grant numbers FIS2012-33521, FIS2011-23713, FIS2010-21883 and FIS2009-08744 and the Ramon y Cajal Program (EP)Editor's Version
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/7/075019Subjects
FísicaRights
© IOP Publishing and Deutsche Physikalische GesellschaftAbstract
We study transport in a voltage-biased superconductor-normal-superconductor (SNS) junction made of semiconducting nanowires with strong spin-orbit coupling, as it transitions into a topological superconducting phase for increasing Zeeman field. Despite the absence of a fractional steady-state ac Josephson current in the topological phase, the dissipative multiple Andreev reflection current Idc at different junction transparencies is particularly revealing. It exhibits unique features related to topology, such as gap inversion, the formation of Majorana bound states and fermion-parity conservation. Moreover, the critical current Ic, which remarkably does not vanish at the critical point where the system becomes gapless, provides direct evidence of the topological transition
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Cayao, Jorge
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Prada, Elsa
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Aguado, Ramón
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