In situ tuning of dynamical Coulomb blockade on Andreev bound states in hybrid nanowire devices

Shan Zhang, Zhichuan Wang, Dong Pan, Zhaoyu Wang, Zonglin Li, Zitong Zhang, Yichun Gao, Zhan Cao, Gu Zhang, Lei Liu, Lianjun Wen, Ran Zhuo, Dong E. Liu, Ke He, Runan Shang, Jianhua Zhao, and Hao Zhang
Phys. Rev. B 108, 235416 – Published 12 December 2023
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Abstract

Electron interactions in quantum devices can exhibit intriguing phenomena. One example is assembling an electronic device in series with an on-chip resistor. The quantum laws of electricity of the device are modified at low energies and temperatures by dissipative interactions induced by the resistor, a phenomenon known as the dynamical Coulomb blockade (DCB). The DCB strength is usually nonadjustable in a fixed environment defined by the resistor. Here, we design an on-chip circuit for InAs-Al hybrid nanowires where the DCB strength can be gate-tuned in situ. InAs-Al nanowires could host Andreev or Majorana zero-energy states. This technique enables tracking the evolution of the same state while tuning the DCB strength from weak to strong. We observe the transition from a zero-bias conductance peak to split peaks for Andreev zero-energy states. Our technique opens the door to in situ tuning interaction strength on zero-energy states.

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  • Received 4 January 2023
  • Revised 20 September 2023
  • Accepted 28 November 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.108.235416

©2023 American Physical Society

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Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Shan Zhang1,*, Zhichuan Wang2,*, Dong Pan3,*, Zhaoyu Wang1, Zonglin Li1, Zitong Zhang1, Yichun Gao1, Zhan Cao4, Gu Zhang4, Lei Liu3, Lianjun Wen3, Ran Zhuo3, Dong E. Liu1,4,5, Ke He1,4,5, Runan Shang4,†, Jianhua Zhao3,‡, and Hao Zhang1,4,5,§

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 2Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 912, Beijing 100083, China
  • 4Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
  • 5Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information, Beijing 100084, China

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Vol. 108, Iss. 23 — 15 December 2023

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