Effects of finite superconducting coherence lengths and of phase gradients in topological SN and SNS junctions and rings
D. Chevallier, D. Sticlet, P. Simon, C. Bena
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.165414 · Physical Review B
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Abstract
We study the effect of a finite proximity superconducting (SC) coherence length in SN and SNS junctions consisting of a semiconducting topological insulating wire whose ends are connected to either one or two s-wave superconductors. We find that such systems behave exactly as SN and SNS junctions made from a single wire for which some regions are sitting on top of superconductors, the size of the topological SC region being determined by the SC coherence length. Moreover, we study the effects of continuous phase gradients in both an open and closed (ring) SNS junction. We find that such phase gradients play an important role in the spatial localization of the Majorana fermions.
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