Josephson effect in superconducting wires supporting multiple Majorana edge states
Doru Sticlet, Cristina Bena, P. Simon
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.104509 · Physical Review B
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Abstract
We study superconducting-normal-superconducting (SNS) Josephson junctions in one-dimensional topological superconductors which support more than one Majorana end mode. The variation of the energy spectrum with the superconducting phase is investigated by combining numerical diagonalizations of tight-binding models describing the SNS junction together with an analysis of appropriate low-energy effective Hamiltonians. We show that the 4π-periodicity characteristic of the fractional dc Josephson effect is preserved. Additionally, the ideal conductance of a NS junction with a topological supraconductor, hosting two Majorana modes at its ends, is doubled compared to the single Majorana case. Last, we illustrate how a nonzero superconducting phase gradient can potentially destroy the phases supporting multiple Majorana end states.
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