Kovalev Alexey A, De Amrit, Shtengel Kirill
Department of Physics and Astronomy and Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, USA.
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
Phys Rev Lett. 2014 Mar 14;112(10):106402. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.106402. Epub 2014 Mar 10.
We show that resonant coupling and entanglement between a mechanical resonator and Majorana bound states can be achieved via spin currents in a 1D quantum wire with strong spin-orbit interactions. The bound states induced by vibrating and stationary magnets can hybridize, thus resulting in spin-current induced 4π-periodic torques, as a function of the relative field angle, acting on the resonator. We study the feasibility of detecting and manipulating Majorana bound states with the use of magnetic resonance force microscopy techniques.