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$\textit{Draiding}$ majoranas to dynamically engineer Hamiltonians

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2021-01-04 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We propose and analyze a family of periodic braiding protocols in systems with multiple localized Majorana modes (majoranas\textit{majoranas}) for the purposes of Hamiltonian engineering. The protocols rely on double braidsdraids-\textit{draids}-which flip the signs of both majoranas, as one is taken all the way around the other. Rapid draiding dynamically suppresses some or all inter-majorana couplings. Protocols suppressing all couplings can drastically reduce residual dynamics within the nearly degenerate many-body subspace ("majorana purification") producing more robust computational subspace. Non-trivial topological models can be achieved by selectively applying draids to some of overlapping (imperfect) majoranas. Importantly, draids can be implemented without having to physically braid majoranas or using projective measurements. In particular, draids can be performed by periodically modulating the coupling between a quantum dot and topological superconducting wire to dynamically suppress the hybridization of majoranas by more than an order of magnitude in current experimental setups.

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@article{arxiv.2004.11385,
  title  = {$\textit{Draiding}$ majoranas to dynamically engineer Hamiltonians},
  author = {Ivar Martin and Kartiek Agarwal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.11385},
  year   = {2021}
}

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12 pages, 9 figures

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