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Non-Abelian holonomy of Majorana zero modes coupled to a chaotic quantum dot

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2024-06-11 v2

Abstract

If a quantum dot is coupled to a topological superconductor via tunneling contacts, each contact hosts a Majorana zero mode in the limit of zero transmission. Close to a resonance and at a finite contact transparency, the resonant level in the quantum dot couples the Majorana modes, but a ground state degeneracy per fermion parity subspace remains if the number of Majorana modes coupled to the dot is five or larger. Upon varying shape-defining gate voltages while remaining close to resonance, a nontrivial evolution within the degenerate ground-state manifold is achieved. We characterize the corresponding non-Abelian holonomy for a quantum dot with chaotic classical dynamics using random matrix theory and discuss measurable signatures of the non-Abelian time-evolution.

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@article{arxiv.2304.06754,
  title  = {Non-Abelian holonomy of Majorana zero modes coupled to a chaotic quantum dot},
  author = {Max Geier and Svend Krøjer and Felix von Oppen and Charles M. Marcus and Karsten Flensberg and Piet W. Brouwer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.06754},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

4 + 32 pages, 3 + 18 figures; V2: published version