{
  "id": "1712.01513",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2017-12-05T07:52:41.000Z",
  "updated": "2017-12-05T07:52:41.000Z",
  "title": "Circular dichroism of chiral Majoranas",
  "authors": [
    "Javier Osca",
    "Llorenç Serra"
  ],
  "comment": "8 pages, 8 figures",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "Majorana states in condensed matter devices may be of a localized nature, such as in hybrid semiconductor/superconductor nanowires, or chirally propagating along the edges such as in hybrid 2D quantum-anomalous-Hall/superconductor structures. We calculate the circular dichroism due to chiral Majorana states in a hybrid structure made of a quantum-anomalous-Hall-insulator and a superconductor. The optical absorption of chiral Majoranas is characterized by equally spaced absorption peaks of both positive and negative dichroism. In the limit of a very long structure (a 2D ribbon) peaks of a single sign are favored. Circular-dichroism spectroscopy of chiral Majoranas is suggested as a relevant probe for these peculiar states of topological matter.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2017-12-05T07:52:41.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "circular dichroism",
      "hybrid 2d quantum-anomalous-hall/superconductor structures",
      "chiral majorana states",
      "hybrid semiconductor/superconductor nanowires",
      "equally spaced absorption peaks"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 8,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}