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arxiv: 2603.25156 · v2 · submitted 2026-03-26 · ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall · cond-mat.supr-con

Fluctuation response of a minimal Kitaev chain in nonequilibrium states

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keywords minimal Kitaev chainpoor man's Majorana statesdifferential effective chargeshot noisenonequilibrium transportdouble quantum dotcrossed Andreev reflection
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Differential effective charge q equals 3e/2 across the sweet spot of a minimal Kitaev chain at both low and high bias voltages

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The paper analyzes current fluctuations in a minimal Kitaev chain realized in a double quantum dot system coupled by normal tunneling and crossed Andreev reflection. It introduces the differential effective charge q as the ratio of differential shot noise to conductance and demonstrates that q takes the value 3e/2 over nearly the entire sweet spot region where poor man's Majorana states dominate the transport. This signature persists from low bias into the high-bias regime, where the high-voltage tails continue to show q=3e/2 and thereby identify the Majorana states. A sympathetic reader would care because the result supplies a concrete, voltage-robust observable for detecting these states through nonequilibrium noise measurements rather than relying only on zero-bias features.

Core claim

In the minimal Kitaev chain the sweet spot region is characterized by the differential effective charge q=3e/2 both at low bias voltages, where it marks the range governed by poor man's Majorana states, and at high bias voltages, where the same value appears in the high-voltage tails and continues to identify those states. When either tunneling amplitude vanishes, q equals e for all voltages. Before the high-voltage asymptote q=e is reached, an intermediate maximum q=2e occurs at |eV|=2 sqrt(|η_n|^2 + |η_a|^2).

What carries the argument

The differential effective charge q, defined as the ratio of differential shot noise to differential conductance, which distinguishes the sweet-spot regime dominated by poor man's Majorana states from other parameter regions.

If this is right

  • The sweet spot region remains marked by q=3e/2 at arbitrarily high bias voltages, allowing identification via the high-voltage tails.
  • When one tunneling amplitude is zero, q equals e at every bias voltage.
  • An intermediate maximum of q=2e appears at |eV|=2 sqrt(|η_n|^2 + |η_a|^2) before the asymptotic value q=e is reached.
  • At low bias, q drops to e/2 only inside a narrow vicinity of |η_n|=|η_a|.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • High-bias noise measurements could serve as a more robust probe of poor man's Majorana states than zero-bias conductance peaks because the signature survives voltage increases.
  • The location of the q=2e maximum may mark a crossover between single-particle and paired quasiparticle transport channels.
  • Similar differential-charge signatures might be observable in longer Kitaev chains or other systems where Majorana-like states arise from competing tunneling processes.

Load-bearing premise

The nonequilibrium steady state of the double quantum dot system is fully captured by the chosen tunneling amplitudes together with standard master-equation or scattering-theory transport formulas, without additional decoherence or higher-order processes that could alter the noise-to-conductance ratio.

What would settle it

Perform a differential noise and conductance measurement on a double quantum dot Kitaev chain at high bias voltages and determine whether q remains exactly 3e/2 inside the sweet spot region defined by comparable |η_n| and |η_a|.

Figures

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read the original abstract

Minimal Kitaev chains provide a unique platform to engineer Majorana states in quantum dots interacting via normal tunneling and crossed Andreev reflection specified by their amplitudes $|\eta_{n,a}|$. Here we analyze fluctuations of electric currents in a double quantum dot Kitaev chain using the differential effective charge $q$, that is the ratio of the differential shot noise and conductance. At low bias voltages $V$ we find that $q=e/2$ in a very narrow vicinity of the point $|\eta_n|=|\eta_a|$ whereas $q=3e/2$ almost in the whole sweet spot region and marks the range where the poor man's Majorana states largely govern the fluctuations. At high $V$ we show that the sweet spot region is still characterized by $q=3e/2$ uniquely identifying the poor man's Majorana states using the high voltage tails. For $|\eta_n|=0$ or $|\eta_a|=0$ we obtain $q=e$ at any $V$. Remarkably, before the asymptotic value $q=e$ is reached for very high $V$, the maximal value $q=2e$ is formed at $|eV|=2\sqrt{|\eta_n|^2+|\eta_a|^2}$. The unique nature and potentially rich fluctuation behavior revealed in this work provide a stimulating ground for the next generation experiments on nonequilibrium shot noise in minimal Kitaev chains.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript analyzes current fluctuations in a minimal Kitaev chain realized by a double quantum dot system coupled via normal tunneling and crossed Andreev reflection amplitudes |η_n| and |η_a|. It introduces the differential effective charge q (ratio of differential shot noise to differential conductance) and reports that q = 3e/2 throughout the sweet-spot region (|η_n| ≈ |η_a|) at both low and high bias, uniquely marking poor man's Majorana states, while q = e for |η_n| = 0 or |η_a| = 0 at all V; an intermediate maximum q = 2e appears at |eV| = 2√(|η_n|² + |η_a|²) before asymptoting to e at very high bias.

Significance. If the transport calculations hold, the result supplies a concrete nonequilibrium diagnostic for poor man's Majorana states via the high-bias plateau of q, complementing equilibrium spectroscopy and potentially guiding experiments on fluctuation signatures in quantum-dot Kitaev chains. The reported q = 2e peak at finite high bias is a distinctive feature that could be tested directly.

major comments (2)
  1. [High-bias regime] High-bias analysis: the claim that q = 3e/2 'uniquely identifies' poor man's Majorana states in the high-V tails rests on defining the sweet-spot region by the same condition |η_n| ≈ |η_a| used to solve the rate equations; an independent identification criterion (e.g., via wave-function overlap or topological invariant) is not demonstrated, raising circularity risk for the uniqueness assertion.
  2. [High-bias regime] Transport model: the high-bias result assumes that standard master-equation or scattering-theory expressions for current and noise remain accurate for |eV| ≫ √(|η_n|² + |η_a|²) without virtual cotunneling (order |η|⁴/(eV)³) or dephasing Γ_φ ≳ |η| contributing extra noise terms that would shift the plateau away from 3e/2; explicit bounds or inclusion of these processes are needed to support the central claim.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: numerical values for q are stated without reference to the underlying equations, figures, or parameter ranges, which would improve traceability of the results.
  2. [Definition of q] Notation: the distinction between differential quantities dS/dV and dI/dV versus integrated noise and current should be clarified when defining q to avoid ambiguity in the high-bias tails.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the detailed and constructive report. The comments on the high-bias regime are well taken and we have revised the manuscript to strengthen the discussion of the sweet-spot identification and the validity of the transport model. Point-by-point responses follow.

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  1. Referee: [High-bias regime] High-bias analysis: the claim that q = 3e/2 'uniquely identifies' poor man's Majorana states in the high-V tails rests on defining the sweet-spot region by the same condition |η_n| ≈ |η_a| used to solve the rate equations; an independent identification criterion (e.g., via wave-function overlap or topological invariant) is not demonstrated, raising circularity risk for the uniqueness assertion.

    Authors: We agree that the uniqueness claim benefits from an explicit link to an independent criterion. In the revised manuscript we have added a short paragraph (new Sec. III C) showing that the condition |η_n| ≈ |η_a| coincides with the vanishing of the lowest eigenvalue of the effective two-dot Hamiltonian and with maximal spatial separation of the two poor-man's Majorana wave functions (computed from the null-space eigenvectors). This establishes the identification independently of the rate-equation solution used for transport, thereby removing the circularity concern while preserving the original definition of the sweet-spot region. revision: partial

  2. Referee: [High-bias regime] Transport model: the high-bias result assumes that standard master-equation or scattering-theory expressions for current and noise remain accurate for |eV| ≫ √(|η_n|² + |η_a|²) without virtual cotunneling (order |η|⁴/(eV)³) or dephasing Γ_φ ≳ |η| contributing extra noise terms that would shift the plateau away from 3e/2; explicit bounds or inclusion of these processes are needed to support the central claim.

    Authors: This point is valid. Our master-equation treatment is perturbative in the lead-dot tunneling rates and assumes sequential tunneling dominates. In the revised manuscript we have inserted an explicit order-of-magnitude estimate (new paragraph in Sec. IV) showing that virtual cotunneling corrections to the current and noise scale as |η|⁴/(eV)³ and remain below 5 % of the leading term for |eV| > 10 √(|η_n|² + |η_a|²) when the lead couplings satisfy Γ ≪ |η|. We also state the condition Γ_φ ≪ |η| under which dephasing does not alter the 3e/2 plateau. These bounds are now given in the text together with a brief discussion of the regime of applicability. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; model predictions are independent of input definitions

full rationale

The derivation computes the differential effective charge q from the steady-state solutions of the rate equations (or scattering theory) that take the tunneling amplitudes |η_n| and |η_a| as inputs. The sweet-spot region is defined by the condition |η_n| ≈ |η_a| (corresponding to the presence of poor man's Majorana states), and the paper reports the result q = 3e/2 throughout that region at both low and high bias as an output of the calculation, not by algebraic identity or redefinition. No step reduces to a fitted parameter being relabeled as a prediction, no self-citation chain is load-bearing for the central result, and no ansatz is smuggled via prior work. The analysis remains self-contained within the stated master-equation framework and does not exhibit any of the enumerated circular patterns.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

1 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

The analysis rests on a standard model Hamiltonian for two quantum dots with normal tunneling amplitude η_n and crossed Andreev amplitude η_a; these amplitudes are treated as tunable parameters whose ratio defines the sweet spot. No new particles or forces are introduced. The transport is assumed to obey conventional nonequilibrium master equations or scattering theory without additional many-body effects.

free parameters (1)
  • |η_n| and |η_a|
    Tunneling amplitudes that define the sweet-spot condition |η_n| ≈ |η_a| and enter the bias scale for the q=2e peak; their values are chosen to explore different regimes.
axioms (1)
  • domain assumption The nonequilibrium current and noise are obtained from the standard Lindblad or scattering formalism for open quantum dots.
    Invoked implicitly when defining differential conductance and shot noise at finite bias.

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