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arxiv: 1607.03762 · v2 · pith:7WP5TER5new · submitted 2016-07-13 · ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall · cond-mat.supr-con

Wiedemann-Franz-type relation between shot noise and thermal conduction of Majorana surface states in a three-dimensional topological superconductor

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keywords shotsurfacethermalmajoranasuperconductorelectricalnoisepower
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We compare the thermal conductance $G_{\rm thermal}$ (at temperature $T$) and the electrical shot noise power $P_{\rm shot}$ (at bias voltage $V\gg k_{\rm B}T/e$) of Majorana fermions on the two-dimensional surface of a three-dimensional topological superconductor. We present analytical and numerical calculations to demonstrate that, for a local coupling between the superconductor and metal contacts, $G_{\rm thermal}/P_{\rm shot}= {\cal L}T/eV$ (with ${\cal L}$ the Lorenz number). This relation is ensured by the combination of electron-hole and time-reversal symmetries, irrespective of the microscopics of the surface Hamiltonian, and provides for a purely electrical way to detect the charge-neutral Majorana surface states. A surface of aspect ratio $W/L\gg 1$ has the universal shot-noise power $P_{\rm shot}=(W/L)\times (e^2/h)\times (eV/2\pi)$

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