Anomalous modulation of a zero bias peak in a hybrid nanowire-superconductor device

A. D. K. Finck, D. J. Van Harlingen, P. K. Mohseni, K. Jung, X. Li

Published 2012-12-05, updated 2013-03-23Version 3

We report on sub-gap transport measurements of an InAs nanowire coupled to niobium nitride leads at high magnetic fields. We observe a zero-bias anomaly (ZBA) in the differential conductance of the nanowire for certain ranges of magnetic field and chemical potential. The ZBA can oscillate in width with either magnetic field or chemical potential; it can even split and reform. We discuss how our results relate to recent predictions of hybridizing Majorana fermions in semiconducting nanowires, while considering more mundane explanations.