Kondo physics from quasiparticle poisoning in Majorana devices

Plugge, S.; Tsvelik, A. M.; Zazunov, A.; Eriksson, E.; Egger, R.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.104524

Title: Kondo physics from quasiparticle poisoning in Majorana devices

Journal Article · Thu Mar 24 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.104524· OSTI ID:1255721

Plugge, S. ^[1]; Tsvelik, A. M. ^[2]; Zazunov, A. ^[1]; Eriksson, E. ^[3]; Egger, R. ^[1]

Heinrich-Heine-Univ., Dusseldorg (Germany)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Heinrich-Heine-Univ., Dusseldorg (Germany); Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble (France); CEA, INAC-SPSMS, Grenoble (France)

Here, we present a theoretical analysis of quasiparticle poisoning in Coulomb-blockaded Majorana fermion systems tunnel-coupled to normal-conducting leads. Taking into account finite-energy quasiparticles, we derive the effective low-energy theory and present a renormalization group analysis. We find qualitatively new effects when a quasiparticle state with very low energy is localized near a tunnel contact. For M = 2 attached leads, such “dangerous” quasiparticle poisoning processes cause a spin S = 1/2 single-channel Kondo effect, which can be detected through a characteristic zero-bias anomaly conductance peak in all Coulomb blockade valleys. For more than two attached leads, the topological Kondo effect of the unpoisoned system becomes unstable. A strong-coupling bosonization analysis indicates that at low energy the poisoned lead is effectively decoupled and hence, for M > 3, the topological Kondo fixed point re-emerges, though now it involves only M–1 leads. As a consequence, for M = 3, the low-energy fixed point becomes trivial corresponding to decoupled leads.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC00112704

OSTI ID:: 1255721

Report Number(s):: BNL-112202-2016-JA; PRBMDO; R&D Project: PO015; KC0202030

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 93, Issue 10; ISSN 2469-9950

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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