Coulomb interaction unlocks Majorana-mediated electron teleportation between quantum dots

Abstract

We investigate quantum transport through a hybrid system consisting of two quantum dots (QDs) coupled via a pair of spatially separated Majorana zero modes (MZMs) with negligible coupling energy. The transport properties, especially the nonlocal correlation mediated by the MZMs, are studied with a focus on the role of the Coulomb interaction U between the QDs and the Majorana wire. Using the numerically exact fermionic dissipation equation of motion method, we calculate both the transient current and the current–current cross correlation noise spectrum. Our results demonstrate that in the non-interacting case (U = 0), destructive interference between the normal tunneling and anomalous tunneling channels suppresses electron teleportation between the dots. Introducing a finite Coulomb interaction U lifts this channel degeneracy, thereby establishing strong nonlocal correlations and enabling inter-dot electron teleportation. This effect manifests as a robust signal in the cross correlation noise spectrum, which is significantly stronger than that induced by a finite Majorana coupling energy ɛM. Our work proposes Coulomb interaction as an efficient and experimentally accessible control parameter for generating and detecting Majorana-mediated nonlocal transport in the topologically relevant long-wire limit (ɛM → 0).