| Title: |
Minimal quantum dot based Kitaev chain with only local superconducting proximity effect |
| Authors: |
Samuelson, William; Svensson, Viktor; Leijnse, Martin |
| Contributors: |
Horizon 2020; Vetenskapsrådet |
| Source: |
Physical Review B ; volume 109, issue 3 ; ISSN 2469-9950 2469-9969 |
| Publisher Information: |
American Physical Society (APS) |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Description: |
The possibility to engineer a Kitaev chain in quantum dots coupled via superconductors has recently emerged as a promising path toward topological superconductivity and possibly non-Abelian physics. Here we show that it is possible to avoid some of the main experimental hurdles on this path by using only local proximity effect on each quantum dot in a geometry that resembles a two-dot version of the proposal in Fulga []. There is no need for narrow superconducting couplers, additional Andreev bound states, or spatially varying magnetic fields; it suffices with spin-orbit interaction and a constant magnetic field in combination with control of the superconducting phase to tune the relative strengths of elastic cotunneling and an effective crossed-Andreev-reflection-like process generated by higher-order tunneling. We use a realistic spinful, interacting model and show that high-quality Majorana bound states can be generated already in a double quantum dot. Published by the American Physical Society 2024 |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| DOI: |
10.1103/physrevb.109.035415 |
| DOI: |
10.1103/PhysRevB.109.035415 |
| DOI: |
10.1103/PhysRevB.109.035415/fulltext |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.109.035415; https://link.aps.org/article/10.1103/PhysRevB.109.035415; http://harvest.aps.org/v2/journals/articles/10.1103/PhysRevB.109.035415/fulltext |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.165BB70D |
| Database: |
BASE |