Delocalisation of Majorana quasiparticles in plaquette-nanowire hybrid system

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作者
Kobialka, Aksel [1 ]
Domanski, Tadeusz [1 ]
Ptok, Andrzej [2 ]
机构
[1] M Curie Sklodowska Univ, Inst Phys, Pl M Sklodowskiej Curie 1, PL-20031 Lublin, Poland
[2] Polish Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Phys, Ul WE Radzikowskiego 152, PL-31342 Krakow, Poland
关键词
TOPOLOGICAL SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SIGNATURE; FERMIONS;
D O I
10.1038/s41598-019-49227-5
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Interplay between superconductivity, spin-orbit coupling and magnetic field can lead to realisation of the topologically non-trivial states which in finite one dimensional nanowires are manifested by emergence of a pair of zero-energy Majorana bound states. On the other hand, in two dimensional systems the chiral edge states can appear. We investigate novel properties of the bound states in a system of mixed dimensionality, composed of one-dimensional nanowire connected with two-dimensional plaquette. We study this system, assuming either its part or the entire structure to be in topologically non-trivial superconducting state. Our results show delocalisation of the Majorana modes, upon leaking from the nanowire to the plaquette with some tendency towards its corners.
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