Fermionic and Majorana bound states in hybrid nanowires with non-uniform spin-orbit interaction

DOI10.1140/EPJB/E2015-50882-2zbMATH Open1515.82204arXiv1408.3366WikidataQ57404105 ScholiaQ57404105MaRDI QIDQ6163603FDOQ6163603

Authors: Jelena Klinovaja, Daniel Loss 

Publication date: 26 July 2023

Published in: The European Physical Journal B. Condensed Matter and Complex Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study intragap bound states in the topological phase of a Rashba nanowire in the presence of a magnetic field and with non-uniform spin orbit interaction (SOI) and proximity-induced superconductivity gap. We show that fermionic bound states (FBS) can emerge inside the proximity gap. They are localized at the junction between two wire sections characterized by different directions of the SOI vectors, and they coexist with Majorana bound states (MBS) localized at the nanowire ends. The energy of the FBS is determined by the angle between the SOI vectors and the lengthscale over which the SOI changes compared to the Fermi wavelength and the localization length. We also consider double-junctions and show that the two emerging FBSs can hybridize and form a double quantum dot-like structure inside the gap. We find explicit analytical solutions of the bound states and their energies for certain parameter regimes such as weak and strong SOI. The analytical results are confirmed and complemented by an independent numerical tight-binding model approach. Such FBS can act as quasiparticle traps and thus can have implications for topological quantum computing schemes based on braiding MBSs.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.3366

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zbMATH Keywords

solid state and materials

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of nanostructures and nanoparticles (82D80)

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