Conductance-Matrix Symmetries of a Three-Terminal Hybrid Device

G. C. Ménard, G. L. R. Anselmetti, E. A. Martinez, D. Puglia, F. K. Malinowski, J. S. Lee, S. Choi, M. Pendharkar, C. J. Palmstrøm, K. Flensberg, C. M. Marcus, L. Casparis, and A. P. Higginbotham
Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 036802 – Published 22 January 2020
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Abstract

We present conductance-matrix measurements of a three-terminal superconductor-semiconductor hybrid device consisting of two normal leads and one superconducting lead. Using a symmetry decomposition of the conductance, we find that antisymmetric components of pairs of local and nonlocal conductances qualitatively match at energies below the superconducting gap, and we compare this finding with symmetry relations based on a noninteracting scattering matrix approach. Further, the local charge character of Andreev bound states is extracted from the symmetry-decomposed conductance data and is found to be similar at both ends of the device and tunable with gate voltage. Finally, we measure the conductance matrix as a function of magnetic field and identify correlated splittings in low-energy features, demonstrating how conductance-matrix measurements can complement traditional single-probe measurements in the search for Majorana zero modes.

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  • Received 2 May 2019
  • Corrected 28 January 2020

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.036802

© 2020 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Corrections

28 January 2020

Correction: The article identification number for this Letter was assigned incorrectly and has been fixed.

Authors & Affiliations

G. C. Ménard1,2, G. L. R. Anselmetti1,2, E. A. Martinez1,2, D. Puglia1,2, F. K. Malinowski1,2, J. S. Lee3, S. Choi4, M. Pendharkar4, C. J. Palmstrøm3,4,5, K. Flensberg1, C. M. Marcus1,2, L. Casparis1,2,*, and A. P. Higginbotham1,2,†

  • 1Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2Microsoft Quantum–Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 3California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
  • 4Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
  • 5Materials Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA

  • *lucas.casparis@microsoft.com
  • andrew.higginbotham@ist.ac.at

See Also

Nonlocal Conductance Spectroscopy of Andreev Bound States: Symmetry Relations and BCS Charges

Jeroen Danon, Anna Birk Hellenes, Esben Bork Hansen, Lucas Casparis, Andrew P. Higginbotham, and Karsten Flensberg
Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 036801 (2020)

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Vol. 124, Iss. 3 — 24 January 2020

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