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Topological superconductivity in lead nanowires
- Source :
- Phys. Rev. Lett. Vol. 109, 237003 (2012)
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Superconductors with an odd number of bands crossing the Fermi energy have topologically protected Andreev states at interfaces, including Majorana states in one dimensional geometries. Superconductivity, a low number of 1D channels, large spin orbit coupling, and a sizeable Zeeman energy, are present in lead nanowires produced by nanoindentation of a Pb tip on a Pb substrate, in magnetic fields higher than the Pb bulk critical field. A number of such devices have been analyzed. In some of them, the dependence of the critical current on magnetic field, and the Multiple Andreev Reflections observed at finite voltages, are compatible with the existence of topological superconductivity.
- Subjects :
- Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Phys. Rev. Lett. Vol. 109, 237003 (2012)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1203.5265
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.237003