Odd-frequency superconducting pairing in Kitaev-based junctions

Abstract

We investigate odd-frequency superconducting correlations in normal-superconductor (NS) and short superconductor-normal-superconductor (SNS) junctions with the S region described by the Kitaev model of spinless fermions in one dimension. We demonstrate that, in both the trivial and topological phases, Andreev reflection is responsible for the coexistence of even- and odd-frequency pair amplitudes at interfaces, while normal reflections solely contribute to odd-frequency pairing. At NS interfaces we find that the odd-frequency pair amplitude exhibits large, but finite, values in the topological phase at low frequencies. This enhancement is due to the emergence of a Majorana zero mode at the interface, but notably there is no divergence and a finite odd-frequency pair amplitude also exists outside the topological phase. We also show that the local density of states and local odd-frequency pairing can be characterized solely by Andreev reflections deep in the topological phase. Moreover, in the topological phase of short SNS junctions, we find that both even- and odd-frequency amplitudes capture the emergence of topological Andreev bound states. For a superconducting phase difference $0<\varphi <\pi$ the odd-frequency magnitude exhibits a linear frequency ($\sim |\omega |$) dependence at low-frequencies, while at $\varphi =\pi$ it develops a resonance peak ($\sim 1/|\omega |$) due to the protected Majorana zero modes.

12 pages, 7 figures + 7 pages of supplemental material. Published version

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