Probing the topological character of superconductors via non-local Hanbury-Brown and Twiss correlations
arXiv:2103.14920 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.106.125402
Abstract
Superconductors can be classified as topological or not based on whether time-reversal symmetry (TRS), chiral symmetry, and particle-hole symmetry are preserved or not. Further, topological superconductors can also be classified as chiral or helical. In this paper, using Hanbury-Brown and Twiss (HBT) shot noise correlations and the non-local conductance, we probe metal/2D unconventional superconductor/metal junctions to understand better the pairing topological vs. non-topological or helical vs. chiral or nodal vs. gapful. We see that HBT correlations are asymmetric as a function of bias voltage for non-topological superconductors, whereas they are symmetric for topological superconductors irrespective of the barrier strength. Topological superconductors are associated with Majorana fermions which are important for topological quantum computation. By distinguishing topological superconductors from non-topological superconductors, our study will help search for Majorana fermions, which will aid in designing a topological quantum computer.
arXiv comment17 pages, 13 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B
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