Non-equilibrium charge dynamics in Majorana-Josephson devices
Date
07/12/2018Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
We investigate the impact of introducing Majorana bound states, formed by a proximitized semiconducting nanowire in the topological regime, into a current biased capacitive Josephson junction, thereby adding delocalized states below the superconducting gap. We find that this qualitatively changes the charge dynamics of the system, diminishing the role of Bloch oscillations and causing single-particle tunnelling effects to dominate. We fully characterize the resulting charge dynamics and the associated voltage and current signals. Our work reveals a rich landscape of behaviours in both the static and time-varying driving modes. This can be directly attributed to the presence of Majorana bound states, which serve as a pathway for charge transport and enable non-equilibrium excitations of the Majorana-Josephson device.
Citation
Van Beek , I , Levy Yeyati , A & Braunecker , B 2018 , ' Non-equilibrium charge dynamics in Majorana-Josephson devices ' , Physical Review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics , vol. 98 , no. 22 , 224502 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.224502
Publication
Physical Review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1098-0121Type
Journal article
Rights
© 2018, American Physical Society. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher's policies. This is the author created accepted version manuscript following peer review and as such may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.224502
Description
Funding: Studentship funding from UK EPSRC under Grant No. EP/I007002/1 (I.J.vB).Collections
Items in the St Andrews Research Repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.