CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Advanced Search
Home > Proceedings > Volume 11090 > Article
Presentation
10 September 2019 Spin-orbit coupling and topological superconductivity in full-shell semiconductor-superconductor nanowires (Conference Presentation)
Tudor Stanescu, Benjamin Woods
Author Affiliations +
Proceedings Volume 11090, Spintronics XII; 1109040 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530023
Event: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 2019, San Diego, California, United States
Abstract
We study the electronic structure of full-shell superconductor-semiconductor nanowires, which have recently been proposed for creating Majorana zero modes, using an eight-band k p model within a fully self-consistent Schrödinger-Poisson scheme. We find that the spin-orbit coupling induced by the intrinsic radial electric field is generically weak for sub-bands with their minimum near the Fermi energy. Furthermore, we show that the chemical potential windows consistent with the emergence of a topological phase are small and sparse and can only be reached by fine tuning the diameter of the wire. These findings suggest that the parameter space consistent with the realization of a topological phase in full-shell InAs/Al nanowires is, at best, very narrow.
Conference Presentation
© (2019) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
Citation Download Citation
Tudor Stanescu and Benjamin Woods "Spin-orbit coupling and topological superconductivity in full-shell semiconductor-superconductor nanowires (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 11090, Spintronics XII, 1109040 (10 September 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530023
ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE
ORGANIZATIONAL
Sign in with credentials provided by your organization.
INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.
SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION
PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.
PERSONAL SIGN IN
No SPIE Account? Create one
PURCHASE THIS CONTENT
SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY
50 downloads per 1-year subscription
Members: $195
Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART
25 downloads per 1 - year subscription
Members: $145
Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART
PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE
Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available
Members: $17.00
Non-members: $21.00 ADD TO CART
PROCEEDINGS
 PRESENTATION
WATCH
PRESENTATION SAVE TO MY LIBRARY
GET CITATION
Advertisement
Advertisement
KEYWORDS
Nanowires
Semiconductors
Superconductivity
RELATED CONTENT
Subscribe to Digital Library
Receive Erratum Email Alert
Back to Top