Jacob R. Colbert, Patrick A. Lee
Published 2013-12-31Version 1
We propose a method of measuring the fermion parity lifetime of Majorana fermion modes due to quasiparticle poisoning. We model quasiparticle poisoning by coupling the Majorana modes to electron reservoirs, explicitly breaking parity conservation in the system. This poisoning broadens and shortens the resonance peak associated with Majorana modes. In a two lead geometry, the poisoning decreases the correlation in current noise between the two leads from the maximal value characteristic of crossed Andreev reflection. The latter measurement allows for calculation of the poisoning rate even if temperature is much higher than the resonance width.
Comments: 5 pages, 5 figures
Journal: Phys. Rev. B 89, 140505 (2014)
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