Reducing disorder in PbTe nanowires for Majorana research
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| author | Song, Wenyu Yu, Zehao Wang, Yuhao Gao, Yichun Li, Zonglin Yang, Shuai Zhang, Shan Geng, Zuhan Li, Ruidong Wang, Zhaoyu Chen, Fangting Yang, Lining Miao, Wentao Xu, Jiaye Feng, Xiao Wang, Tiantian Zang, Yunyi Li, Lin Shang, Runan Xue, Qi-Kun He, Ke Zhang, Hao |
| author_facet | Song, Wenyu Yu, Zehao Wang, Yuhao Gao, Yichun Li, Zonglin Yang, Shuai Zhang, Shan Geng, Zuhan Li, Ruidong Wang, Zhaoyu Chen, Fangting Yang, Lining Miao, Wentao Xu, Jiaye Feng, Xiao Wang, Tiantian Zang, Yunyi Li, Lin Shang, Runan Xue, Qi-Kun He, Ke Zhang, Hao |
| contents | Material challenges are the key issue in Majorana research where surface disorder constrains device performance. Here, we tackle this challenge by embedding PbTe nanowires within a lattice-constant-matched crystal. The wire edges are shaped by self-organized growth instead of lithography, resulting in nearly-atomic-flat facets along both cross-sectional and longitudinal directions. Quantized conductance is observed at zero magnetic field with channel lengths maximally reaching 1.7 $μ$m, significantly surpassing the state-of-the-art of III-V nanowires (an order-of-magnitude improvement compared to InSb). Coupling PbTe to a Pb film unveils a flat interface spanning microns and a large superconducting gap of 1 meV. Our result not only represents a stride toward meeting the stringent low-disorder requirement for Majoranas, but may also open the door to various hybrid quantum devices requiring a low level of disorder. |
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| spellingShingle | Reducing disorder in PbTe nanowires for Majorana research Song, Wenyu Yu, Zehao Wang, Yuhao Gao, Yichun Li, Zonglin Yang, Shuai Zhang, Shan Geng, Zuhan Li, Ruidong Wang, Zhaoyu Chen, Fangting Yang, Lining Miao, Wentao Xu, Jiaye Feng, Xiao Wang, Tiantian Zang, Yunyi Li, Lin Shang, Runan Xue, Qi-Kun He, Ke Zhang, Hao Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Material challenges are the key issue in Majorana research where surface disorder constrains device performance. Here, we tackle this challenge by embedding PbTe nanowires within a lattice-constant-matched crystal. The wire edges are shaped by self-organized growth instead of lithography, resulting in nearly-atomic-flat facets along both cross-sectional and longitudinal directions. Quantized conductance is observed at zero magnetic field with channel lengths maximally reaching 1.7 $μ$m, significantly surpassing the state-of-the-art of III-V nanowires (an order-of-magnitude improvement compared to InSb). Coupling PbTe to a Pb film unveils a flat interface spanning microns and a large superconducting gap of 1 meV. Our result not only represents a stride toward meeting the stringent low-disorder requirement for Majoranas, but may also open the door to various hybrid quantum devices requiring a low level of disorder. |
| title | Reducing disorder in PbTe nanowires for Majorana research |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.02132 |