Coulomb stability of the 4π-periodic Josephson effect of Majorana fermions

Abstract

The Josephson energy of two superconducting islands containing Majorana fermions is a 4π-periodic function of the superconducting phase difference. If the islands have a small capacitance, their ground state energy is governed by the competition of Josephson and charging energies. We calculate this ground state energy in a ring geometry, as a function of the flux -Φ- enclosed by the ring, and show that the dependence on the Aharonov-Bohm phase 2eΦ/\hbar remains 4π-periodic regardless of the ratio of charging and Josephson energies - provided that the entire ring is in a topologically nontrivial state. If part of the ring is topologically trivial, then the charging energy induces quantum phase slips that restore the usual 2π-periodicity.

4 pages, 4 figures; v2: more references, improved phase-slip formula, and a discussion of the effect of overlapping Majorana's

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