Majorana state on the surface of a disordered three-dimensional topological insulator

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作者
Ioselevich, P. A. [1 ,2 ]
Ostrovsky, P. M. [1 ,3 ]
Feigel'man, M. V. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] LD Landau Inst Theoret Phys, Moscow 119334, Russia
[2] Moscow Inst Phys & Technol, Dolgoprudnyi 141700, Russia
[3] Max Planck Inst Solid State Res, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2012年 / 86卷 / 03期
关键词
SYMMETRY CLASSES; SUPERCONDUCTORS;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevB.86.035441
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We study low-lying electron levels in an "antidot" capturing a coreless vortex on the surface of a three-dimensional topological insulator in the presence of disorder. The surface is covered with a superconductor film with a hole of size R larger than coherence length, which induces superconductivity via proximity effect. Spectrum of electron states inside the hole is sensitive to disorder, however, topological properties of the system give rise to a robust Majorana bound state at zero energy. We calculate the subgap density of states with both energy and spatial resolution using the supersymmetric sigma model method. We identify the presence of the Majorana fermion with symmetry class B. Tunneling into the hole region is sensitive to the Majorana level and exhibits resonant Andreev reflection at zero energy.
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