Abstract
We study transport through a Coulomb blockaded topologically nontrivial superconducting wire (with Majorana end states) contacted by metallic leads. An exact formula for the current through this interacting Majorana single-charge transistor is derived in terms of wire spectral functions. A comprehensive picture follows from three different approaches. We find Coulomb oscillations with universal halving of the finite-temperature peak conductance under strong blockade conditions, where the valley conductance mainly comes from elastic cotunneling. The nonlinear conductance exhibits finite-voltage sidebands due to anomalous tunneling involving Cooper pair splitting.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 166403 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Physical Review Letters |
Volume | 109 |
Issue number | 16 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 16 Oct 2012 |
Keywords
- TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS