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Batov, I. E.; Schäpers, Thomas; Chtchelkatchev, N. M.; Hardtdegen, H.; Ustinov, A. V.

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“…1, and show the emergence of the SC correlations in the TI similarly to what was observed in GaAs containing a twodimensional electron gas. 22,23 Ordinarily, the effective Hamiltonian of the TI in question is constructed from the symmetry considerations, see e.g., Ref. [17][18][19], and has the trivial structure of the induced superconducting potentials.…”

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Instability of topological order and localization of edge states in HgTe quantum wells coupled tos-wave superconductor

2011

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Using the microscopic tight-binding equations we derive the effective Hamiltonian for the two-layer hybrid structure comprised of the two-dimensional HgTe quantum well-based topological insulator (TI) coupled to the s-wave isotropic superconductor (SC) and show that it contains terms describing mixing of the TI subband branches by the superconducting correlations induced by the proximity effect. We find that the proximity effect breaks down the rotational symmetry of the TI spectrum. We show that the edge states not only acquire the gap, as follows from the standard theory, but can also become localized by the Andreev-backscattering mechanism in a small coupling regime. In a strong coupling regime the edge states merge with the bulk states, and the TI transforms into an anisotropic narrow-gap semiconductor.2

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Instability of topological order and localization of edge states in HgTe quantum wells coupled tos-wave superconductor

2011

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“…The setup we propose here differs in one essential aspect: before reaching the beam splitter, the electrons are partially Andreev reflected at a superconducting electrode. Andreev reflection in the quantum Hall effect regime has been reported in InAs quantum wells [32,33] and in graphene monolayers [34][35][36]. In graphene, which has small spinorbit coupling, the Andreev reflected hole is in the opposite spin band as the electron (spin-singlet pairing).…”

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Annihilation of Colliding Bogoliubov Quasiparticles Reveals their Majorana Nature

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2014

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The single-particle excitations of a superconductor are coherent superpositions of electrons and holes near the Fermi level, called Bogoliubov quasiparticles. They are Majorana fermions, meaning that pairs of quasiparticles can annihilate. We calculate the annihilation probability at a beam splitter for chiral quantum Hall edge states, obtaining a 1 AE cos ϕ dependence on the phase difference ϕ of the superconductors from which the excitations originated (with the AE sign distinguishing singlet and triplet pairing). This provides for a nonlocal measurement of the superconducting phase in the absence of any supercurrent. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.070604 PACS numbers: 05.60.Gg, 03.75.Lm, 74.45.+c, 74.78.Na Condensed matter analogies of concepts from particle physics are a source of much inspiration, and many of these involve superconductors or superfluids [1]. Majorana's old idea [2] that a spin-1=2 particle (such as a neutrino) might be its own antiparticle has returned [3] in the context of low-dimensional superconductors, inspiring an intense theoretical and experimental search for condensed matter realizations of Majorana fermions [4]. The search has concentrated on Majorana zero modes [5][6][7]-midgap states (at the Fermi level E ¼ 0) bound to a defect in a superconductor with broken spin-rotation and time-reversal symmetry (a so-called topological superconductor [8,9]). The name Majorana zero mode (or Majorino [10]) is preferred over Majorana fermion, since they are not fermions at all but have a non-Abelian exchange statistics [11].Majorana fermions, in the original sense of the word, do exist in superconductors. In fact they are ubiquitous: the time-dependent four-component Bogoliubov-de Gennes wave equation for quasiparticle excitations (so-called Bogoliubov quasiparticles) can be brought to a real form by a 4 × 4 unitary transformation U [12], in direct analogy to the real Eddington-Majorana wave equation of particle physics [2,13]. A real wave equation implies the linear relation Ψ † ðr; tÞ ¼ UΨðr; tÞ between the particle and antiparticle field operators, which is the hallmark of a Majorana fermion. As argued forcefully by Chamon et al. [14], fermionic statistics plus superconductivity by itself produces Majorana fermions, irrespective of considerations of dimensionality, topology, or broken symmetries.Here we propose an experiment to probe the Majorana nature of Bogoliubov quasiparticles in conventional, nontopological, superconductors. Existing proposals apply to topological superconductors [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25], where Majorana fermions appear as charge-neutral edge states with a distinct signature in DC transport experiments. In contrast, the Bogoliubov quasiparticles of a nontopological superconductor have charge expectation valueq ≠ 0, so their Majorana nature remains hidden in the energy domain probed by DC transport.It is in the time domain that the wave equation takes on a real form and that particle and antiparticle operators are linearly related. We will show that...

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“…3,4 Weak links formed by a two-dimensional ͑2D͒ electron gas ͑2DEG͒ in semiconductor quantum wells 5 are of particular interest because here the ballistic transport can be studied. In very high magnetic field perpendicular to the 2DEG, theory 6 and experiments 7,8 have demonstrated Andreev transport via edge states. Indirect evidence for a strong magneticfield effect on AR was experimentally found in antidot billiards.…”

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Doppler shift in Andreev reflection from a moving superconducting condensate in Nb/InAs Josephson junctions

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We study narrow ballistic Josephson weak links in a InAs quantum wells contacted by Nb electrodes and find a dramatic magnetic-field suppression of the Andreev reflection amplitude, which occurs even for in-plane field orientation with essentially no magnetic flux through the junction. Our observations demonstrate the presence of a Doppler shift in the energy of the Andreev levels, which results from diamagnetic screening currents in the hybrid Nb/InAs banks. The data for conductance, excess, and critical currents can be consistently explained in terms of the sample geometry and the McMillan energy, characterizing the transparency of the Nb/InAs interface. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.220507 PACS number͑s͒: 74.45.ϩc In recent years a detailed microscopic understanding of the proximity effect has emerged. There is now agreement that in highly transparent Josephson junctions formed by a metallic weak link in good contact with two superconducting ͑SC͒ banks the supercurrent is carried by Andreev bound states ͑ABSs͒. 1 These come in pairs corresponding to the opposite directions of Cooper-pair transfer mediated by multiple Andreev reflection ͑MAR͒ at the SC/metal interfaces provided that the acquired quasiparticle phase is a multiple of 2 . 2 At currents exceeding the critical current I C ͑T , B͒ MAR between the SC banks manifests itself in the currentvoltage characteristics as subharmonic gap structures at voltages eV n =2⌬ / n, where ⌬ is the SC energy gap and n =1,2,.... At higher voltage eV ӷ 2⌬, I͑V͒ becomes linear with an excess current I exc = I͑V͒ − G N V determined by a single Andreev reflection ͑AR͒ probability ͉a͑ ͉͒ 2 ͑G N is the normal-state conductance͒. 3,4 Weak links formed by a two-dimensional ͑2D͒ electron gas ͑2DEG͒ in semiconductor quantum wells 5 are of particular interest because here the ballistic transport can be studied. In very high magnetic field perpendicular to the 2DEG, theory 6 and experiments 7,8 have demonstrated Andreev transport via edge states. Indirect evidence for a strong magneticfield effect on AR was experimentally found in antidot billiards. 9 The case of parallel field, with respect to the 2DEG, is equally intriguing: as ideally no magnetic flux threads the 2DEG, one may naively expect the Josephson current to survive up to the critical fields of the SC leads. This is not the case, but the underlying mechanism of the supercurrent suppression is still unclear. This question, also relevant for other 2D hybrid systems, 10 is among the issues this Rapid Communication focuses on.In this Rapid Communication, Nb/InAs Josephson junctions of different width are studied in a four-terminal lead configuration within the 2DEG. This allows us to separately determine the transparencies of the InAs weak link and Nb/ InAs interfaces and identify an additional energy scale in the electronic spectrum of the hybrid SC terminals. We observe a very strong suppression of both the AR probability and supercurrent in weak magnetic fields of 4 and 100 mT for perpendicular and parallel orientations, r...

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Andreev reflection and strongly enhanced magnetoresistance oscillations inGaxIn1−xAs∕InP<

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Instability of topological order and localization of edge states in HgTe quantum wells coupled tos-wave superconductor

Instability of topological order and localization of edge states in HgTe quantum wells coupled tos-wave superconductor

Annihilation of Colliding Bogoliubov Quasiparticles Reveals their Majorana Nature

Doppler shift in Andreev reflection from a moving superconducting condensate in Nb/InAs Josephson junctions

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