Quantum charge pumping through Majorana bound states

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作者
Tripathi, Krashna Mohan [1 ]
Rao, Sumathi [1 ]
Das, Sourin [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] HBNI, Harish Chandra Res Inst, Chhatnag Rd, Allahabad 211019, Uttar Pradesh, India
[2] Indian Inst Sci Educ & Res, Dept Phys Sci, Kolkata 741252, W Bengal, India
[3] Univ Delhi, Dept Phys & Astrophys, Delhi 110007, India
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NANOWIRE; SUPERCONDUCTOR; SIGNATURE; FERMIONS;
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10.1103/PhysRevB.99.085435
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T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We study adiabatic charge pumping through a Majorana bound state tunnel coupled to multiple normal leads. We show that, for most of the parameters, such a pump does not lead to any net pumped charge between the various leads unless a multiply connected geometry is implemented. We introduce an Aharonov-Bohm ring geometry at the junction to implement such a multiply connected geometry. We further show that the Fourier transform of the pumped charge with respect to the flux inserted through the ring shows a clear distinction between the case of an Andreev bound state and the Majorana bound state. Hence such a Fourier analysis can serve as a diagnostic for the detection of Majorana bound states in the proposed geometry.
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