Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy of the Anisotropic Kitaev Quantum Spin Liquid Sandwiched with Superconductors (2103.01003v3)

Abstract: We present the electron tunneling transport and spectroscopic characters of a superconducting {\it Josephson} junction with a barrier of single anisotropic Kitaev quantum spin liquid (QSL) layer. We find that the dynamical spin correlation features are well reflected in the direct-current differential conductance $dI^{c}/dV$ of the single-particle tunneling, including the unique spin gap and dressed itinerant Majorana dispersive band, in addition to an energy shift $2\Delta$ of two-lead superconducting gaps. From the spectral characters, we identify different topological quantum phases of the anisotropic Kitaev QSL. We also present the zero-voltage {\it Josephson} current $I^{s}$ which displays residual features of the anisotropic Kitaev QSL. These results pave a new way to measure the dynamical spinon or Majorana fermion spectroscopy of the Kitaev and other spin liquid materials.