Subtle leakage of a Majorana mode into a quantum dot

Abstract

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 (LDOS) of the system and find that the end Majorana mode of the wire leaks into the dot thus emerging as a unique dot level {\it 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 ${\epsilon }_{\text{dot}}(V_g)$ 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 [${\epsilon }_{\text{dot}}(V_g)\ne {\epsilon }_F$], 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.

3 figures, 5 pages, published in Phys. Rev. B (Editors' suggestion)

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