Distinguishing Majorana Zero Modes from Impurity States through Time-Resolved Transport
arXiv:1902.05821 · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/ab4ab7
Abstract
We study time-resolved charge transport in a superconducting nanowire using time-dependent Landauer-B{ü}ttiker theory. We find that the steady-state Majorana zero-bias conductance peak emerges transiently accompanied by characteristic oscillations after a bias-voltage quench. These oscillations are absent for a trivial impurity state that otherwise shows a very similar steady-state signal as the Majorana zero mode. In addition, we find that Andreev bound states or quasi-Majorana states in the topologically trivial bulk phase can give rise to a zero-bias conductance peak, also retaining the transient properties of the Majorana zero mode. Our results imply that (1) time-resolved transport may be used as a probe to distinguish between the Majorana zero mode and interfacial impurity states; and (2) the quasi-Majorana states mimic the transient signatures of the topological Majorana zero modes, indicating of the possibility of utilizing also the quasi-Majorana states in topological quantum computing as anyons with non-Abelian braiding statistics.
7 pages and 4 figures in the main text, 9 pages and 1 figure in the supplemental material
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