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Zero-voltage conductance peak from weak antilocalization in a Majorana nanowire

Authors :
Pikulin, D. I.
Dahlhaus, J. P.
Wimmer, M.
Schomerus, H.
Beenakker, C. W. J.
Source :
New J. Phys. 14, 125011 (2012)
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

We show that weak antilocalization by disorder competes with resonant Andreev reflection from a Majorana zero-mode to produce a zero-voltage conductance peak of order e^2/h in a superconducting nanowire. The phase conjugation needed for quantum interference to survive a disorder average is provided by particle-hole symmetry - in the absence of time-reversal symmetry and without requiring a topologically nontrivial phase. We identify methods to distinguish the Majorana resonance from the weak antilocalization effect.<br />Comment: 13 pages, 8 figures. Addendum, February 2014: Appendix B shows results for weak antilocalization in the circular ensemble. (This appendix is not in the published version.)

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
New J. Phys. 14, 125011 (2012)
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1206.6687
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/14/12/125011