Majorana Zero Modes in Nanowires with Combined Triangular and Hexagonal Geometry
arXiv:2004.14991 · doi:10.1088/1361-6528/ab932e
Abstract
The effects of geometry on the hosting of Majorana zero modes are explored in core-shell nanowires with a hexagonal core and a triangular shell, and vice versa. The energy interval separating electronic states localized in the corners from states localized on the sides of the shell is shown to be larger for a triangular nanowire with a hexagonal core, than a triangular one. We build the topological phase diagram for both cases and compare them to earlier work on prismatic nanowires with the same core and shell geometry. We suggest that a dual core nanowire is needed to allow for a braiding operation of Majorana zero modes at the nanowire end plane.
8 pages, 10 figures
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