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Detection and control of Majorana particle in vortex core of topological superconductors

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19H01843
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 13030:Magnetism, superconductivity and strongly correlated systems-related
Research InstitutionInstitute of Physical and Chemical Research

Principal Investigator

Machida Tadashi  国立研究開発法人理化学研究所, 創発物性科学研究センター, 上級研究員 (60570695)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥17,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥13,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,000,000)
Keywordsトポロジカル超伝導体 / マヨラナ粒子 / 超伝導渦糸 / 走査型トンネル顕微鏡 / トポロジカル超伝導 / 走査トンネル顕微鏡
Outline of Research at the Start

情報化社会に革新をもたらす外乱に強いトポロジカル量子計算の実現に向けて,マヨラナ粒子の検出と制御はその量子計算過程の根幹をなす課題である.本研究は,トポロジカル超伝導体の渦糸芯に局在したマヨラナ粒子の直接検出と実空間制御の実現を目指すものである.具体的には,スピン偏超低温極走査型トンネル顕微鏡(STM)を用い,トポロジカル超伝導体Fe(Se,Te)における渦糸芯マヨラナゼロモードの検出とそのスピン構造の可視化により,マヨラナ粒子の検出法を確立すると共に,磁性体STM探針を用いて渦糸芯を実空間で動かし,マヨラナ粒子の実空間制御を行う.これにより,マヨラナ粒子の検出と実空間制御の方法を確立する.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of this project is to establish the ways to detect and control the Majorana quasiparticles in the vortex core of a topological superconductor, using scanning tunneling microscope (STM). We succeeded in observing zero-energy excitations consistent with the Majorana zero mode in the vortex core of the topological superconductor FeSeTe, and also found that these zero-energy excitations disappear with increasing external magnetic field. This magnetic field dependence suggests the possibility of controlling the Majorana quasiparticles by an external magnetic field. In addition, we have established the way to make a Yu-Shiba-Rusinov STM tip with extremely high spin resolution, which provides an unambiguous way to detect the spin polarization of the Majorana zero mode.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

トポロジカル超伝導体におけるマヨラナ準粒子は,その特異な性質を利用した新たな量子計算技術(トポロジカル量子計算)の基本構成要素として大きな注目を集めている.本研究では,マヨラナ準粒子の重要な特徴であるゼロエネルギー励起の検出に成功し,さらにその外部磁場応答を微視的立場から明らかにした.これらの結果は今後の量子計算技術への応用において極めで重要な知見を与える.さらに新たに開発したYu-Shiba-Rusinov状態を用いたスピン偏極分光技術も今後のマヨラナ準粒子の研究においてその検出法の一翼を担うと期待される.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (20 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 4 results) Presentation (16 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 8 results,  Invited: 10 results)

  • [Journal Article] Search for Majorana Quasiparticles in Topological Superconductors Using Scanning Tunneling Microscope2022

    • Author(s)
      町田理
    • Journal Title

      Vacuum and Surface Science

      Volume: 65 Issue: 2 Pages: 53-58

    • DOI

      10.1380/vss.65.53

    • NAID

      130008159249

    • ISSN
      2433-5835, 2433-5843
    • Year and Date
      2022-02-10
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Superconductivity near the saddle point in the two-dimensional Rashba system Si(111)-√3×√3-(Tl,Pb)2022

    • Author(s)
      T. Machida, Y. Yoshimura, T. Nakamura, Y. Kohsaka, T. Hanaguri, C.-R. Hsing, C.-M. Wei, Y. Hasegawa, S. Hasegawa, and A. Takayama
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review B

      Volume: 105 Issue: 6 Pages: 064507-064507

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevb.105.064507

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Scalable Majorana vortex modes in iron-based superconductors2020

    • Author(s)
      Ching-Kai Chiu, T. Machida, Yingyi Huang, T. Hanaguri, and Fu-Chun Zhang
    • Journal Title

      Science Advances

      Volume: 6 Issue: 9

    • DOI

      10.1126/sciadv.aay0443

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Zero-energy vortex bound state in the superconducting topological surface state of Fe(Se,Te)2019

    • Author(s)
      Machida T.、Sun Y.、Pyon S.、Takeda S.、Kohsaka Y.、Hanaguri T.、Sasagawa T.、Tamegai T.
    • Journal Title

      Nature Materials

      Volume: 18 Issue: 8 Pages: 811-815

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41563-019-0397-1

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Yu-Shiba-Rusinov状態に対するZeeman効果2022

    • Author(s)
      町田理, 永井佑紀,花栗哲郎
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会 第77回年次大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Zeeman effects on Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states2022

    • Author(s)
      T. Machida, Y. Nagai, T. Hanaguri
    • Organizer
      ISSP Workshop "Frontier of scanning probe microscopy and related nano science"
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Searching for Majorana quasiparticles in iron-based superconductors2021

    • Author(s)
      T. Machida
    • Organizer
      The Condensed Matter Theory Center Presents as Part of the Janet Das Sarma Conference Series: Searching for Topological Majorana Zero Modes
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 走査トンネル顕微鏡による トポロジカル超伝導体におけるマヨラナ粒子探索2021

    • Author(s)
      町田理
    • Organizer
      キタエフ量子スピン液体研究の新展開
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Tunneling spectroscopy on Pb thin films on topological insulator Bi2Se32021

    • Author(s)
      Tadashi Machida
    • Organizer
      American Physical Society March meeting
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 超低温走査トンネル分光によるRashba系表面長構造の超伝導状態観察2021

    • Author(s)
      町田理
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] トポロジカル絶縁体Bi2Se3上のPb薄膜における走査トンネル分光2020

    • Author(s)
      町田理
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 鉄系超伝導体Fe(Se,Te)におけるマヨラナ準粒子の探索2019

    • Author(s)
      町田理
    • Organizer
      第27回渦糸物理ワークショップ
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Nature of zero-energy vortex bound state in the superconducting topological surface state of Fe(Se,Te)2019

    • Author(s)
      Tadashi Machida
    • Organizer
      Materials Research Meeting 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Zero-energy vortex bound state in the superconducting topological surface state of Fe(Se,Te)2019

    • Author(s)
      Tadashi Machida
    • Organizer
      The 32nd International Symposium on Superconductivity
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] トポロジカル超伝導体Fe(Se,Te)におけるゼロエネルギー渦糸芯束縛状態2019

    • Author(s)
      町田理
    • Organizer
      京都大学基礎物理学研究所研究会「電子相関が生み出す超伝導現象の未解決問題と新しい潮流」
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Search for vortex Majorana bound state using ultra-low temperature STM2019

    • Author(s)
      Tadashi Machida
    • Organizer
      IBS-RIKEN Joint Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] トポロジカル超伝導体Fe(Se,Te)におけるゼロエネルギー渦糸芯束縛状態への渦糸芯相互作用による影響2019

    • Author(s)
      町田理,孫悦,卞舜生, 竹田駿,Ching-Kai Chiu, 幸坂祐生,花栗哲郎,笹川崇男,為ヶ井強
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会2019年秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Nature of zero-energy vortex bound state in superconducting topological surface state of Fe(Se,Te)2019

    • Author(s)
      Tadashi Machida
    • Organizer
      Research Frontier of Advanced Spectroscopies for Correlated Electron Systems
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Nature of zero-energy vortex bound state in superconducting topological surface states of Fe(Se,Te)2019

    • Author(s)
      Tadashi Machida
    • Organizer
      Spectroscopies on Novel Superconductors (SNS) 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Nature of the zero-energy vortex bound state in the superconducting topological surface state of Fe(Se,Te)2019

    • Author(s)
      Tadashi Machida
    • Organizer
      17th International Workshop on Vortex Matter in Superconductors (Vortex2019)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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