{
  "id": "1210.4057",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2012-10-15T14:53:00.000Z",
  "updated": "2012-10-15T14:53:00.000Z",
  "title": "Majorana fermions from Landau quantization in a superconductor--topological-insulator hybrid structure",
  "authors": [
    "Rakesh P. Tiwari",
    "U. Zülicke",
    "C. Bruder"
  ],
  "comment": "8 pages, 6 figures",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 186805 (2013)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.186805",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "We show that the interplay of cyclotron motion and Andreev reflection experienced by massless-Dirac-like charge carriers in topological-insulator surface states generates a Majorana-particle excitation. Based on an envelope-function description of the Dirac-Andreev edge states, we discuss the kinematic properties of the Majorana mode and find them to be possible to be tuned by changing the superconductor's chemical potential and/or the magnitude of the perpendicular magnetic field. Our proposal opens up new possibilities for studying Majorana fermions in a controllable setup.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2012-10-15T14:53:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "73.50.Jt",
      "74.45.+c",
      "73.20.At",
      "73.25.+i"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "superconductor-topological-insulator hybrid structure",
      "majorana fermions",
      "landau quantization",
      "topological-insulator surface states generates",
      "dirac-andreev edge states"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review Letters",
      "year": 2013,
      "month": "May",
      "volume": 110,
      "number": 18,
      "pages": 186805
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 8,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 1190733,
      "adsabs": "2013PhRvL.110r6805T"
    }
  }
}