Majorana fermions in semiconducting nanowire and Fulde–Ferrell superconductor hybrid structures

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摘要 Thenovelideathatspin-orbitcoupling(SOC)andans-wavepairingsystemcanleadtoinducedpwavepairingwithastrongmagneticlimit,hasstimulatedwidespreadinterestinsearchingforMajoranafermions(MFs)insemiconductor-superconductorhybridstructures.However,despitemajoradvancesinthesemiconductornanotechnology,thissystemhasseveralinherentlimitationsthatprohibittherealizationandidentificationofMFs.Weovercometheselimitationsbyreplacingthes-wavesuperconductorwiththetype-IIFulde-Ferrell(FF)superconductor,inwhichthecenter-of-massmomentumoftheCooperpairrenormalizesthein-planeZeemanfieldandchemicalpotential.Asaresult,MFscanberealizedinsemiconductornanowireswithsmallvaluesoftheLandég-factorandhighcarrierdensities.TheSOCstrengthdirectlyinfluencesthetopologicalboundary;thus,thetopologicalphasetransitionandassociatedMFscanbeengineeredbyanexternalelectricfield.Theoretically,almostallsemiconductornanowirescanbeusedtorealizeMFsbyusingtheFFsuperconductor.However,wefindthatInPnanowireismoresuitablefortherealizationofMFscomparedtoInAsandInSbnanowires.Thus,thisnewschemecantakefulladvantageofthesemiconductornanotechnologyfortherealizationofMFsinsemiconductor-superconductorhybridstructures.
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出版日期 2019年01月11日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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