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Shot-noise and differential conductance as signatures of putative topological superconductivity in FeSe<sub>0.45</sub>Te<sub>0.55</sub>

ORAL

Abstract

I present a theory for the differential shot noise, dS/dV, as measured via shot-noise scanning tunneling spectroscopy, and the differential conductance, dI/dV, for tunneling into Majorana zero modes (MZMs) in the putative topological superconductor FeSe0.45Te0.55. I show that for tunneling into chiral Majorana edge modes near domain walls, as well as MZMs localized in vortex cores and at the end of defect lines, dS/dV vanishes whenever dI/dV reaches a quantized value proportional to the quantum of conductance. These results are independent of the orbital tunneling path, thus establishing a vanishing dS/dV concomitant with a quantized dI/dV as universal signatures for Majorana modes in two-dimensional topological superconductors, irrespective of the material's specific complex electronic band structure.

Publication: Shot-noise and differential conductance as signatures of putative topological superconductivity in FeSe0.45Te0.55, K.H Wong, E. Mascot, V. Madhavan, D.J. Van Harlingen, and D. K. Morr, arXiv:2110.02238.

Presenters

  • Ka Ho Wong

    University of Illinois at Chicago

Authors

  • Ka Ho Wong

    University of Illinois at Chicago

  • Eric Mascot

    University of Illinois at Chicago

  • Vidya Madhavan

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Physics and Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA

  • Dirk K Morr

    University of Illinois at Chicago

  • Dale J Van Harlingen

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champai, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign