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Coherent transport through a Majorana island in an Aharonov-Bohm interferometer.

Authors :
Whiticar AM
Fornieri A
O'Farrell ECT
Drachmann ACC
Wang T
Thomas C
Gronin S
Kallaher R
Gardner GC
Manfra MJ
Marcus CM
Nichele F
Source :
Nature communications [Nat Commun] 2020 Jun 25; Vol. 11 (1), pp. 3212. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 25.
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

Majorana zero modes are leading candidates for topological quantum computation due to non-local qubit encoding and non-abelian exchange statistics. Spatially separated Majorana modes are expected to allow phase-coherent single-electron transport through a topological superconducting island via a mechanism referred to as teleportation. Here we experimentally investigate such a system by patterning an elongated epitaxial InAs-Al island embedded in an Aharonov-Bohm interferometer. With increasing parallel magnetic field, a discrete sub-gap state in the island is lowered to zero energy yielding persistent 1e-periodic Coulomb blockade conductance peaks (e is the elementary charge). In this condition, conductance through the interferometer is observed to oscillate in a perpendicular magnetic field with a flux period of h/e (h is Planck's constant), indicating coherent transport of single electrons through the islands, a signature of electron teleportation via Majorana modes.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2041-1723
Volume :
11
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Nature communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
32587242
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16988-x