Multiple Andreev reflection and critical current in topological superconducting nanowire junctions

Abstract

We study transport in a voltage biased superconductor-normal-superconductor (SNS) junction made of semiconducting nanowires with strong spin-orbit coupling, as it transitions into a topological superconducting phase for increasing Zeeman field. Despite the absence of a fractional steady-state ac Josephson current in the topological phase, the dissipative multiple Andreev reflection (MAR) current I_dc at different junction transparencies is particularly revealing. It exhibits unique features related to topology, such as the gap inversion, the formation of Majorana bound states, and fermion-parity conservation. Moreover, the critical current I_c, which remarkably does not vanish at the critical point where the system becomes gapless, provides direct evidence of the topological transition.

Published version, 21 pages, 7 figures, 3 appendices

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