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Majorana Fermions from Landau Quantization in a Superconductor and Topological-Insulator Hybrid Structure
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 2351088
Author(s) Tiwari, Rakesh P; Zülicke, U; Bruder, C
Author(s) at UniBasel Bruder, Christoph
Tiwari, Rakesh
Year 2013
Title Majorana Fermions from Landau Quantization in a Superconductor and Topological-Insulator Hybrid Structure
Journal Physical review letters
Volume 110
Number 18
Pages / Article-Number 186805
Abstract

We show that the interplay of cyclotron motion and Andreev reflection experienced by massless-Dirac-like charge carriers in topological-insulator surface states generates a Majorana-particle excitation. On the basis of an envelope-function description of the Dirac-Andreev edge states, we discuss the kinematic properties of the Majorana mode and find them to be tunable by changing the superconductor`s chemical potential and/or the magnitude of the perpendicular magnetic field. Our proposal opens up new possibilities for studying Majorana fermions in a controllable setup.

Publisher American Physical Society
ISSN/ISBN 0031-9007
edoc-URL http://edoc.unibas.ch/dok/A6223222
Full Text on edoc No
Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.186805
PubMed ID http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23683234
ISI-Number WOS:000319019300016
Document type (ISI) Article
 
   

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