Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

Ballistic superconductivity in semiconductor nanowires

  • Hao Zhang,
  • Önder Gül,
  • Sonia Conesa-Boj,
  • Michał P. Nowak,
  • Michael Wimmer,
  • Kun Zuo,
  • Vincent Mourik,
  • Folkert K. de Vries,
  • Jasper van Veen,
  • Michiel W. A. de Moor,
  • Jouri D. S. Bommer,
  • David J. van Woerkom,
  • Diana Car,
  • Sébastien R Plissard,
  • Erik P.A.M. Bakkers,
  • Marina Quintero-Pérez,
  • Maja C. Cassidy,
  • Sebastian Koelling,
  • Srijit Goswami,
  • Kenji Watanabe,
  • Takashi Taniguchi,
  • Leo P. Kouwenhoven

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16025
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Disorder has been a prime challenge to study the topological properties in a hybrid system. Here, Zhanget al. report ballistic superconductivity in InSb nanowires interfacing with a NbTiN superconductor, paving the way for disorder-free Majorana devices.