Squeezing light with Majorana fermions

Jul 16, 2013
10 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.B 88 (2013) 19, 195415
  • Published: Nov 13, 2013
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Abstract: (APS)
Coupling a semiconducting nanowire to a microwave cavity provides a powerful means to assess the presence or absence of isolated Majorana fermions in the nanowire. These exotic bound states can cause a significant cavity frequency shift but also a strong cavity nonlinearity leading, for instance, to light squeezing. The dependence of these effects on the nanowire gate voltages gives direct signatures of the unique properties of Majorana fermions, such as their self-adjoint character and their exponential confinement.
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