Normal, superconducting and topological regimes of hybrid double quantum dots

Daniel Sherman; J.S. Yodh; Sven Marian Albrecht; Jesper Nygård; Peter Krogstrup; Charles M. Marcus

doi:10.1038/nnano.2016.227

Normal, superconducting and topological regimes of hybrid double quantum dots

Daniel Sherman, J.S. Yodh, Sven Marian Albrecht, Jesper Nygård, Peter Krogstrup, Charles M. Marcus

Condensed Matter Physics

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Abstract

Epitaxial semiconductor-superconductor hybrid materials are an excellent basis for studying mesoscopic and topological superconductivity, as the semiconductor inherits a hard superconducting gap while retaining tunable carrier density. Here, we investigate double-quantum-dot structures made from InAs nanowires with a patterned epitaxial Al two-facet shell that proximitizes two gate-defined segments along the nanowire. We follow the evolution of mesoscopic superconductivity and charging energy in this system as a function of magnetic field and voltage-tuned barriers. Interdot coupling is varied from strong to weak using side gates, and the ground state is varied between normal, superconducting and topological regimes by applying a magnetic field. We identify the topological transition by tracking the spacing between successive co-tunnelling peaks as a function of axial magnetic field and show that the individual dots host weakly hybridized Majorana modes.

Original language	English
Journal	Nature Nanotechnology
Volume	12
Pages (from-to)	212-217
ISSN	1748-3387
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2016.227
Publication status	Published - 7 Mar 2017

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