Squeezed state protection of fine structure in "Poor Man's Majorana" via quantum spin coupling

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Autori principali: Sanches, J. E., Lustosa, L. T., Ricco, L. S., Sigurðsson, H., de Souza, M., Figueira, M. S., Marinho Jr., E., Seridonio, A. C.
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author Sanches, J. E.
Lustosa, L. T.
Ricco, L. S.
Sigurðsson, H.
de Souza, M.
Figueira, M. S.
Marinho Jr., E.
Seridonio, A. C.
author_facet Sanches, J. E.
Lustosa, L. T.
Ricco, L. S.
Sigurðsson, H.
de Souza, M.
Figueira, M. S.
Marinho Jr., E.
Seridonio, A. C.
contents The "Poor Man's Majorana" [Phys. Rev. B 86, 134528 (2012)] devoid of topological protection has been theoretically predicted to rely on the minimal Kitaev chain. Afterward, a pair of superconducting and spinless quantum dots turned the proposal practicable and differential conductance pinpointed consistent fingerprints with such a scenario [Nature 614, 445 (2023) and Nature 630, 329 (2024)]. In this work, we propose a model wherein the "Poor Man's Majorana" presents protection when one of the dots is exchange coupled to a quantum spin. If this quantum dot is perturbed by tuning the exchange coupling, the well-known spill over-like behavior of this Majorana surprisingly remains unchanged, and solely half of the fine structure is unexpectedly viewed. As a matter of fact, the "Poor Man's Majorana" zero mode consists in squeezing of the other half at zero frequency, which imposes its pinning there and prevents the mixing of the mode with the explicit fine structure. We claim that if the supposed unavoidable split of the zero mode by the fine structure is unexpectedly absent, then the "Poor Man's Majorana" can be considered robust against the quantum spin. In this way, it becomes protected and the lack of topological protection paradigm of the "Poor Man's Majorana" has been revisited, pushing this seemingly well-established issue into a new direction.
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spellingShingle Squeezed state protection of fine structure in "Poor Man's Majorana" via quantum spin coupling
Sanches, J. E.
Lustosa, L. T.
Ricco, L. S.
Sigurðsson, H.
de Souza, M.
Figueira, M. S.
Marinho Jr., E.
Seridonio, A. C.
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Superconductivity
The "Poor Man's Majorana" [Phys. Rev. B 86, 134528 (2012)] devoid of topological protection has been theoretically predicted to rely on the minimal Kitaev chain. Afterward, a pair of superconducting and spinless quantum dots turned the proposal practicable and differential conductance pinpointed consistent fingerprints with such a scenario [Nature 614, 445 (2023) and Nature 630, 329 (2024)]. In this work, we propose a model wherein the "Poor Man's Majorana" presents protection when one of the dots is exchange coupled to a quantum spin. If this quantum dot is perturbed by tuning the exchange coupling, the well-known spill over-like behavior of this Majorana surprisingly remains unchanged, and solely half of the fine structure is unexpectedly viewed. As a matter of fact, the "Poor Man's Majorana" zero mode consists in squeezing of the other half at zero frequency, which imposes its pinning there and prevents the mixing of the mode with the explicit fine structure. We claim that if the supposed unavoidable split of the zero mode by the fine structure is unexpectedly absent, then the "Poor Man's Majorana" can be considered robust against the quantum spin. In this way, it becomes protected and the lack of topological protection paradigm of the "Poor Man's Majorana" has been revisited, pushing this seemingly well-established issue into a new direction.
title Squeezed state protection of fine structure in "Poor Man's Majorana" via quantum spin coupling
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.15080