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Large spatial extension of the zero-energy Yu–Shiba–Rusinov state in a magnetic field

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  • Zoltán Scherübl

    (Budapest University of Technology and Economics and MTA-BME “Momentum” Nanoelectronics Research Group)

  • Gergő Fülöp

    (Budapest University of Technology and Economics and MTA-BME “Momentum” Nanoelectronics Research Group
    University of Basel)

  • Cătălin Paşcu Moca

    (Department of Theoretical Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
    University of Oradea)

  • Jörg Gramich

    (University of Basel)

  • Andreas Baumgartner

    (University of Basel
    Swiss Nanoscience Institute)

  • Péter Makk

    (Budapest University of Technology and Economics and MTA-BME “Momentum” Nanoelectronics Research Group
    University of Basel)

  • Tosson Elalaily

    (Budapest University of Technology and Economics and MTA-BME “Momentum” Nanoelectronics Research Group
    Tanta University)

  • Christian Schönenberger

    (University of Basel
    Swiss Nanoscience Institute)

  • Jesper Nygård

    (Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen)

  • Gergely Zaránd

    (Department of Theoretical Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
    Budapest University of Technology and Economics)

  • Szabolcs Csonka

    (Budapest University of Technology and Economics and MTA-BME “Momentum” Nanoelectronics Research Group)

Abstract

Various promising qubit concepts have been put forward recently based on engineered superconductor subgap states like Andreev bound states, Majorana zero modes or the Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (Shiba) states. The coupling of these subgap states via a superconductor strongly depends on their spatial extension and is an essential next step for future quantum technologies. Here we investigate the spatial extension of a Shiba state in a semiconductor quantum dot coupled to a superconductor. With detailed transport measurements and numerical renormalization group calculations we find a remarkable more than 50 nm extension of the zero energy Shiba state, much larger than the one observed in very recent scanning tunneling microscopy measurements. Moreover, we demonstrate that its spatial extension increases substantially in a magnetic field.

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  • Zoltán Scherübl & Gergő Fülöp & Cătălin Paşcu Moca & Jörg Gramich & Andreas Baumgartner & Péter Makk & Tosson Elalaily & Christian Schönenberger & Jesper Nygård & Gergely Zaránd & Szabolcs Csonka, 2020. "Large spatial extension of the zero-energy Yu–Shiba–Rusinov state in a magnetic field," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-15322-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15322-9
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