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Conductance asymmetry in proximitized magnetic topological insulator junctions with Majorana modes

Authors :
Di Miceli, Daniele
Zsurka, Eduárd
Legendre, Julian
Moors, Kristof
Schmidt, Thomas
Serra, Llorenç
Source :
Phys. Rev. B 108, 035424 (2023)
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

We theoretically discuss electronic transport via Majorana states in magnetic topological insulator-superconductor junctions with an asymmetric split of the applied bias voltage. We study normal-superconductor-normal (NSN) junctions made of narrow (wire-like) or wide (film-like) magnetic topological insulator slabs with a central proximitized superconducting sector. The occurrence of charge non-conserving Andreev processes entails a nonzero conductance related to an electric current flowing to ground from the proximitized sector of the NSN junction. We show that topologically-protected Majorana modes require an antisymmetry of this conductance with respect to the point of equally split bias voltage across the junction.

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Phys. Rev. B 108, 035424 (2023)
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2303.16261
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.108.035424