Nanowires with Rashba spin-orbit coupling represent a promising platform for the realization of one-dimensional topological superconductivity and Majorana bound states. In this work we investigate Majorana bound states in hybrid normal-superconductor and short superconductor-normal-superconductor junctions based on nanowires with Rashba spin-orbit coupling. In particular, we explore consequences of the topological phase transition as well as the non-locality and self conjugation properties of the Majorana states on the low-energy spectrum and the Josephson effect in the case of superconductor-normal-superconductor junctions. Our work shows the great potential of hybrid junctions as a platform for the study of topological superconductivity and Majorana bound states.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-416237 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Baldo Mesa Casa, Lucas |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Materialteori |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | FYSAST ; FYSPROJ1193 |
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