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A A Aligia1,2,3, D Pérez Daroca3,4, Liliana Arrachea3,5
1Centro Atómico Bariloche, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, 8400 Bariloche, Argentina.
Abstract:
We describe the Majorana zero modes in topological hybrid superconductor-semiconductor wires with spin-orbit coupling and magnetic field, in terms of generalized Bloch coordinates φ,θ,δ. When the spin-orbit coupling and the magnetic field are perpendicular, φ and δ are universal in an appropriate coordinate system. We show how to extract the angle θ from the behavior of the Josephson current-phase relation, which enables tomography of the Majorana modes. Simple analytical expressions describe accurately the numerical results.
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