Giant noise-to-current ratio as a signature of dispersing Majorana edge modes
We theoretically study multiterminal transport in a setup consisting of two normal metal leads connected to a topological superconductor hosting one-dimensional dispersing Majorana edge modes. In the proposed system, the unpaired nature of the Majorana edge modes inherently leads to a strong suppression of the charge current in the linear response regime, while the current fluctuations remain significant. As a result, the noise-to-current ratio becomes substantially enhanced at low bias voltages, providing a clear signature of the dispersing Majorana edge modes. We reach this conclusion analytically, without relying on any specific model of topological superconductors. The predicted giant noise-to-current ratio is verified through numerical calculations using tight-binding models of topological-insulator-based topological superconductors. We also discuss the application of our proposal to the ${\mathrm{CoSi}}_{2}/{\mathrm{TiSi}}_{2}$ heterostructure and the iron-based superconductor ${\mathrm{FeTe}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}{\mathrm{Se}}_{x}$.
Authors
- Andreas P. Schnyder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1029-815X)
- Yasuhiro Asano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1320-7356)
- Satoshi Ikegaya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9099-1009)
- Leo Katayama
Institutions
- Hokkaido University (JP)
- Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (DE)
- Nagoya University Hospital (JP)
- Nagoya University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. B./Physical review. B
- Published
- 2025-07-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/4qpb-5syl
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.25
Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science