Majorana fermions manifested as interface states in semiconductor hybrid structures

Jacob Linder and Asle Sudbø
Phys. Rev. B 82, 085314 – Published 12 August 2010

Abstract

Motivated by recent proposals for the generation of Majorana fermions in semiconducting hybrid structures, we examine possible experimental fingerprints of such excitations. Whereas previous works mainly have focused on zero-energy states in vortex cores in this context, we demonstrate analytically an alternative route to detection of Majorana excitations in semiconducting hybrid structures: interface-bound states that may be probed directly via conductance spectroscopy or scanning tunnel microscope measurements. We estimate the necessary experimental parameters required for observation of our predictions.

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  • Received 9 June 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.085314

©2010 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Jacob Linder and Asle Sudbø

  • Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway

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Vol. 82, Iss. 8 — 15 August 2010

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