Subtle leakage of a Majorana mode into a quantum dot
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We investigate quantum transport through a quantum dot connected to source and drain leads and side coupled to a topological superconducting nanowire (Kitaev chain) sustaining Majorana end modes. Using a recursive Green's-function approach, we determine the local density of states of the system and find that the end Majorana mode of the wire leaks into the dot, thus, emerging as a unique dot level pinned to the Fermi energy epsilon(F) of the leads. Surprisingly, this resonance pinning, resembling, in this sense, a Kondo resonance, occurs even when the gate-controlled dot level epsilon(dot)(V-g) is far above or far below epsilon(F). The calculated conductance G of the dot exhibits an unambiguous signature for the Majorana end mode of the wire: In essence, an off-resonance dot [epsilon(dot)(V-g) not equal epsilon(F)], which should have G = 0, shows, instead, a conductance e(2)/2h over a wide range of V-g due to this pinned dot mode. Interestingly, this pinning effect only occurs when the dot level is coupled to a Majorana mode; ordinary fermionic modes (e.g., disorder) in the wire simply split and broaden (if a continuum) the dot level. We discuss experimental scenarios to probe Majorana modes in wires via these leaked/pinned dot modes.
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Physical Review B. College Pk: Amer Physical Soc, v. 89, n. 16, 5 p., 2014.