Scaling of Majorana Zero-Bias Conductance Peaks

Phys Rev Lett. 2017 Sep 29;119(13):136803. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.136803. Epub 2017 Sep 27.

Abstract

We report an experimental study of the scaling of zero-bias conductance peaks compatible with Majorana zero modes as a function of magnetic field, tunnel coupling, and temperature in one-dimensional structures fabricated from an epitaxial semiconductor-superconductor heterostructure. Results are consistent with theory, including a peak conductance that is proportional to tunnel coupling, saturates at 2e^{2}/h, decreases as expected with field-dependent gap, and collapses onto a simple scaling function in the dimensionless ratio of temperature and tunnel coupling.