Majorana zero mode assisted spin pumping

doi:10.1007/s11467-024-1407-6

Frontiers of Physics

2024, Vol. 19

Issue (5): 53207 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-024-1407-6

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Majorana zero mode assisted spin pumping

Mingzhou Cai¹, Zhaoqi Chu¹, Zhen-Hua Wang², Yunjing Yu¹, Bin Wang¹(

), Jian Wang^1,³(

)

¹. State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous Integration, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
². College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, and Center for Computational Sciences, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, China
³. Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

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We present a theoretical investigation of Majorana zero mode (MZM) assisted spin pumping which consists of a quantum dot (QD) and two normal leads. When the coupling between the MZM and the QD is absent, d.c. pure spin current can be excited by a rotating magnetic field where low energy spin down electrons are flipped to high energy spin up electrons by absorbing photons. However, when the coupling is turned on, the d.c. pure spin current vanishes, and an a.c. charge current emerges with its magnitude independent of the coupling strength. We reveal that this change is due to the formation of a highly localized MZM assisted topological Andreev state at the Fermi level, which allows only the injection of electron pairs with opposite spin into the QD. By absorbing or emitting photons, the electron pairs are separated to opposite spin electrons, and then return back to the lead again, generating an a.c. charge current without spin polarization. We demonstrate the switching from d.c. pure spin current to a.c. charge current based on both Kitaev model and a more realistic topological superconductor nanowire. Although this switching can also be induced by partially separated Andreev bound state (ps-ABS) in the topological trivial phase, it is extremely unstable and highly sensitive to the Zeeman field, which is different from the switching induced by MZM. Our result suggests that quantum spin pumping may be a feasible local transport method for detecting the presence of MZMs at the ends of a superconducting nanowire.

Key words： Majorana zero mode spin pumping

收稿日期: 2024-01-29 出版日期: 2024-05-22

Corresponding Author(s): Bin Wang,Jian Wang

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. [J]. Frontiers of Physics, 2024, 19(5): 53207.
Mingzhou Cai, Zhaoqi Chu, Zhen-Hua Wang, Yunjing Yu, Bin Wang, Jian Wang. Majorana zero mode assisted spin pumping. Front. Phys. , 2024, 19(5): 53207.

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