Flux-Controlled Two-Site Kitaev Chain
Ivan Kulesh (TU Delft - QRD/Goswami Lab, Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft, TU Delft - QuTech Advanced Research Centre)
Sebastiaan L.D. Ten Haaf (TU Delft - QuTech Advanced Research Centre, TU Delft - QRD/Goswami Lab, Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft)
Qingzhen Wang (TU Delft - QRD/Goswami Lab, Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft, TU Delft - QuTech Advanced Research Centre)
Vincent P.M. Sietses (TU Delft - QRD/Kouwenhoven Lab, TU Delft - QuTech Advanced Research Centre)
Yining Zhang (TU Delft - QRD/Goswami Lab, TU Delft - QuTech Advanced Research Centre)
Sebastiaan R. Roelofs (TU Delft - QRD/Kouwenhoven Lab, Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft, TU Delft - QuTech Advanced Research Centre)
Christian G. Prosko (TU Delft - QRD/Kouwenhoven Lab, TU Delft - QuTech Advanced Research Centre)
Di Xiao (Purdue University)
Srijit Goswami (Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft, TU Delft - QRD/Goswami Lab)
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Abstract
In semiconducting-superconducting hybrid devices, Andreev bound states (ABSs) can mediate the coupling between quantum dots, allowing for the realization of artificial Kitaev chains. In order to engineer Majorana bound states (MBSs) in these systems, one must control the energy of the ABSs. In this Letter, we show how extended ABSs in a flux-tunable Josephson junction can be used to control the coupling between distant quantum dots separated by ≃1 μm. In particular, we demonstrate that the combination of electrostatic control and phase control over the ABSs increases the parameter space in which MBSs are observed. Finally, by employing an additional spectroscopic probe in the hybrid region between the quantum dots, we gain information about the spatial distribution of the Majorana wave function in a two-site Kitaev chain.