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Bordin, A. (author), Wang, Guanzhong (author), Liu, Chun Xiao (author), ten Haaf, S.L.D. (author), van Loo, N. (author), Mazur, G.P. (author), Xu, D. (author), van Driel, D. (author), Zatelli, F. (author), Gazibegovic, Sasa (author), Badawy, Ghada (author), Bakkers, Erik P.A.M. (author), Wimmer, M.T. (author), Kouwenhoven, Leo P. (author), Dvir, T. (author)A short superconducting segment can couple attached quantum dots via elastic cotunneling (ECT) and crossed Andreev reflection (CAR). Such coupled quantum dots can host Majorana bound states provided that the ratio between CAR and ECT can be controlled. Metallic superconductors have so far been shown to mediate such tunneling phenomena, albeit...journal article 2023
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van Driel, D. (author), Wang, Guanzhong (author), Bordin, A. (author), van Loo, N. (author), Zatelli, F. (author), Mazur, G.P. (author), Xu, D. (author), Gazibegovic, Sasa (author), Badawy, Ghada (author), Bakkers, Erik P.A.M. (author), Kouwenhoven, Leo P. (author), Dvir, T. (author)Semiconductor nanowires coupled to superconductors can host Andreev bound states with distinct spin and parity, including a spin-zero state with an even number of electrons and a spin-1/2 state with odd-parity. Considering the difference in spin of the even and odd states, spin-filtered measurements can reveal the underlying ground state. To...journal article 2023
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Zhang, H. (author), Liu, Chun Xiao (author), Gazibegovic, S. (author), Xu, D. (author), Logan, John A. (author), Wang, Guanzhong (author), van Loo, N. (author), Bommer, J.D.S. (author), de Moor, M.W.A. (author), Car, D. (author), op het Veld, R.L.M. (author), Van Veldhoven, Petrus J. (author), Kölling, S. (author), Verheijen, M.P.A.M. (author), Pendharkar, Mihir (author), Pennachio, Daniel J. (author), Shojaei, Borzoyeh (author), Lee, Joon Sue (author), Palmstrøm, Chris J. (author), Bakkers, E.P.A.M. (author), Sarma, S. Das (author), Kouwenhoven, Leo P. (author)Majorana zero-modes - a type of localized quasiparticle - hold great promise for topological quantum computing. Tunnelling spectroscopy in electrical transport is the primary tool for identifying the presence of Majorana zero-modes, for instance as a zero-bias peak in differential conductance. The height of the Majorana zero-bias peak is...journal article 2018
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de Moor, M.W.A. (author), Bommer, J.D.S. (author), Xu, D. (author), Winkler, Georg W. (author), Antipov, Andrey E. (author), Bargerbos, A. (author), Wang, Guanzhong (author), van Loo, N. (author), op het Veld, R.L.M. (author), Gazibegovic, S. (author), Car, D. (author), Bakkers, E.P.A.M. (author), Kouwenhoven, Leo P. (author), Zhang, H. (author)We study the effect of external electric fields on superconductor-semiconductor coupling by measuring the electron transport in InSb semiconductor nanowires coupled to an epitaxially grown Al superconductor. We find that the gate voltage induced electric fields can greatly modify the coupling strength, which has consequences for the proximity...journal article 2018
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Shen, J. (author), Heedt, S. (author), Borsoi, F. (author), van Heck, B. (author), Gazibegovic, S. (author), op het Veld, R.L.M. (author), Car, D. (author), Ramakers, S.J.J. (author), Wang, Guanzhong (author), Xu, D. (author), Bouman, D. (author), Geresdi, A. (author), Bakkers, E.P.A.M. (author), Kouwenhoven, Leo P. (author)The number of electrons in small metallic or semiconducting islands is quantised. When tunnelling is enabled via opaque barriers this number can change by an integer. In superconductors the addition is in units of two electron charges (2e), reflecting that the Cooper pair condensate must have an even parity. This ground state (GS) is...journal article 2018