Josephson current signature of Floquet Majorana and topological accidental zero modes in altermagnet heterostructures
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| author | Pal, Amartya Mondal, Debashish Nag, Tanay Saha, Arijit |
| author_facet | Pal, Amartya Mondal, Debashish Nag, Tanay Saha, Arijit |
| contents | We theoretically investigate the generation and Josephson current signatures of Floquet Majorana end modes (FMEMs) in a periodically driven altermagnet (AM) heterostructure. Considering a one-dimensional (1D) Rashba nanowire (RNW) proximitized to a regular $s$-wave superconductor and a $d$-wave AM, we generate both $0$- and $π$-FMEMs by driving the nontopological phase of the static system. While the static counterpart hosts both topological Majorana zero modes (MZMs) and nontopological accidental zero modes (AZMs), the drive can gap out the static AZMs and generate robust $π$-FMEMs, termed as topological AZMs (TAZMs). We topologically characterize the emergent FMEMs via dynamical winding numbers exploiting chiral symmetry of the system. Moreover, we consider a periodically driven Josephson junction comprising of RNW/AM-based 1D topological superconduting setup. We identify the signature of MZMs and FMEMs utilizing $4π$-periodic Josephson effect, distinguishing them from trivial AZMs exhibiting $2π$-periodicty, in both static and driven platforms. This Josephson current signal due to Majorana modes survives even in presence of finite disorder. Our work establishes a route to realize and identify FMEMs in AM-based platforms through Floquet engineering and Josephson current response. |
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| spellingShingle | Josephson current signature of Floquet Majorana and topological accidental zero modes in altermagnet heterostructures Pal, Amartya Mondal, Debashish Nag, Tanay Saha, Arijit Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Superconductivity We theoretically investigate the generation and Josephson current signatures of Floquet Majorana end modes (FMEMs) in a periodically driven altermagnet (AM) heterostructure. Considering a one-dimensional (1D) Rashba nanowire (RNW) proximitized to a regular $s$-wave superconductor and a $d$-wave AM, we generate both $0$- and $π$-FMEMs by driving the nontopological phase of the static system. While the static counterpart hosts both topological Majorana zero modes (MZMs) and nontopological accidental zero modes (AZMs), the drive can gap out the static AZMs and generate robust $π$-FMEMs, termed as topological AZMs (TAZMs). We topologically characterize the emergent FMEMs via dynamical winding numbers exploiting chiral symmetry of the system. Moreover, we consider a periodically driven Josephson junction comprising of RNW/AM-based 1D topological superconduting setup. We identify the signature of MZMs and FMEMs utilizing $4π$-periodic Josephson effect, distinguishing them from trivial AZMs exhibiting $2π$-periodicty, in both static and driven platforms. This Josephson current signal due to Majorana modes survives even in presence of finite disorder. Our work establishes a route to realize and identify FMEMs in AM-based platforms through Floquet engineering and Josephson current response. |
| title | Josephson current signature of Floquet Majorana and topological accidental zero modes in altermagnet heterostructures |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Superconductivity |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.05302 |