Reference : Detecting Majorana bound states by nanomechanics
Scientific journals : Article
Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences : Physics
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/20091
Detecting Majorana bound states by nanomechanics
English
Walter, Stefan [> >]
Schmidt, Thomas mailto [Yale University > Department of Physics]
Borkje, Kjetil [> >]
Trauzettel, Björn [> >]
2011
Physical Review. B
American Physical Society
84
224510
Yes
[en] We propose a nanomechanical detection scheme for Majorana bound states, which have been predicted to exist at the edges of a one-dimensional topological superconductor, implemented, for instance, using a semiconducting wire placed on top of an s-wave superconductor. The detector makes use of an oscillating electrode, which can be realized using a doubly clamped metallic beam, tunnel coupled to one edge of the topological superconductor. We find that a measurement of the nonlinear differential conductance provides the necessary information to uniquely identify Majorana bound states.
http://hdl.handle.net/10993/20091
10.1103/PhysRevB.84.224510
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.224510

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