Detecting Majorana bound states by nanomechanics
Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2011•APS
We propose a nanomechanical detection scheme for Majorana bound states, which have
been predicted to exist at the edges of a one-dimensional topological superconductor,
implemented, for instance, using a semiconducting wire placed on top of an s-wave
superconductor. The detector makes use of an oscillating electrode, which can be realized
using a doubly clamped metallic beam, tunnel coupled to one edge of the topological
superconductor. We find that a measurement of the nonlinear differential conductance …
been predicted to exist at the edges of a one-dimensional topological superconductor,
implemented, for instance, using a semiconducting wire placed on top of an s-wave
superconductor. The detector makes use of an oscillating electrode, which can be realized
using a doubly clamped metallic beam, tunnel coupled to one edge of the topological
superconductor. We find that a measurement of the nonlinear differential conductance …
We propose a nanomechanical detection scheme for Majorana bound states, which have been predicted to exist at the edges of a one-dimensional topological superconductor, implemented, for instance, using a semiconducting wire placed on top of an -wave superconductor. The detector makes use of an oscillating electrode, which can be realized using a doubly clamped metallic beam, tunnel coupled to one edge of the topological superconductor. We find that a measurement of the nonlinear differential conductance provides the necessary information to uniquely identify Majorana bound states.