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We theoretically investigate a topological Kitaev chain connected to a double quantum-dot (QD) setup hybridized with metallic leads. In this system we observe the emergence of two striking phenomena: (i) a decrypted Majorana fermion (MF)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-07-19 L. H. Guessi , F. A. Dessotti , Y. Marques , L. S. Ricco , G. M. Pereira , P. Menegasso , M. de Souza , A. C. Seridonio

Topological superconductors supporting Majorana Fermions with non-abelian statistics are presently a subject of intense theoretical and experimental effort. It has been proposed that the observation of a half-frequency or a fractional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-06-21 Jay D. Sau , Erez Berg , Bertrand I. Halperin

Ultracold atomic gases in two dimensions tuned close to a p-wave Feshbach resonance were expected to exhibit topological superfluidity, but these were found to be experimentally unstable. We show that one can induce a topological Floquet…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2014-08-20 Matthew S. Foster , Victor Gurarie , Maxim Dzero , Emil A. Yuzbashyan

We explore both pure and mixed states Floquet dynamical quantum phase transitions (FDQFTs) in the one-dimensional p-wave superconductor with a time-driven pairing phase. In the Fourier space, the model is recast to the non-interacting…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-06-07 R. Jafari , Alireza Akbari

The Fermi polaron refers to a system of free fermions interacting with an impurity particle by means of two-body contact forces. Motivated by the physicists' approach to this system, the present article develops a general mathematical…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-04-26 Marcel Griesemer , Ulrich Linden

Topological superconductors are exotic gapped phases of matter hosting Majorana mid-gap states on their boundary. In conventional topological superconductors, Majorana in-gap states appear in the form of either localized zero-dimensional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-10 Junyeong Ahn , Bohm-Jung Yang

Strongly coupled supersymmetric theories can give rise to composite quarks and leptons at low energy. We show that the internal structure of these particles can explain the origin of three generations and provide a qualitative understanding…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-09-06 David B. Kaplan , Francois Lepeintre , Martin Schmaltz

The formation of electron pairs is a prerequisite of superconductivity. The fermionic nature of electrons yields four classes of superconducting correlations with definite symmetry in spin, space and time. Here, we suggest double quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-12-02 Björn Sothmann , Stephan Weiss , Michele Governale , Jürgen König

Strongly correlated Fermi systems are among the most intriguing, best experimentally studied and fundamental systems in physics. These are, however, in defiance of theoretical understanding. The ideas based on the concepts like Kondo…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2010-02-22 V. R. Shaginyan , M. Ya. Amusia , K. G. Popov

The prospect of using semiconductor quantum dots as an experimental tool to distinguish Majorana zero modes (MZMs) from other zero-energy excitations such as Kondo resonances has brought up the fundamental question of whether topological…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-03-04 Joelson F. Silva , Luis G. G. V. Dias da Silva , E. Vernek

A minimal Kitaev chain, consisting of two quantum dots connected via a superconductor, can host highly localized near-zero-energy states, known as poor man's Majoranas (PMMs). These states have been proposed as promising candidates to study…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-25 Melina Luethi , Henry F. Legg , Daniel Loss , Jelena Klinovaja

Ettore Majorana, in his short life, unintendedly has uncovered the most profound problem in quantum computation by his discovery of Majorana fermion, a particle which is its own anti-particle. Owing to its non-Abelian exchange statistics,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-25 Nur R. Ayukaryana , Mohammad H. Fauzi , Eddwi H. Hasdeo

We investigate the properties of electron states localized at the edge of a superconducting island placed on the surface of a topological insulator in a magnetic field. In such systems, Majorana fermions emerge if an odd number of vortices…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-14 R. S. Akzyanov , A. L. Rakhmanov , A. V. Rozhkov , Franco Nori

We relax one of the requirements for topological quantum computation with Majorana fermions. Topological quantum computation was discussed so far as manipulation of the wave function within degenerate many body ground state. The simplest…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-10-12 A. R. Akhmerov

Non-Hermitian systems exhibit two distinct topological classifications based on their gap structure: line-gap and point-gap topologies. Although point-gap topology is intrinsic to non-Hermitian systems, its systematic construction remains a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-10-14 Xiang Ji , Hao Geng , Naeem Akhtar , Xiaosen Yang

The excitation by a high frequency field of multi--level quantum systems with a slowly varying density of states is investigated. A general approach to study such systems is presented. The Floquet eigenstates are characterized on several…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Naama Brenner , Shmuel Fishman

We propose and theoretically investigate an alternative way to create the poor man's Majorana bound states (MBSs) introduced in Phys. Rev. B 86, 134528 (2012). Our proposal is based on two quantum dots (QDs) with strong electron-electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-11-29 Athanasios Tsintzis , Rubén Seoane Souto , Martin Leijnse

We consider an experimentally feasible setup to demonstrate the existence and coherent dynamics of Majorana fermion. The transport setup consists of a quantum dot and a tunnel-coupled semiconductor nanowire which is anticipated to generate…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-12-16 Yunshan Cao , Peiyue Wang , Gang Xiong , Xin-Qi Li

We consider Majorana fermions tunneling among an array of vortices in a 2D chiral p-wave superconductor or equivalent material. The amplitude for Majorana fermions to tunnel between a pair of vortices is found to necessarily depend on the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-11-25 Rudro R. Biswas

Contributions to the bound-state dynamics of fermions in local quantum field theory from the region of large relative momenta of the constituent particles, are studied and compared in two different approaches. The first approach is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Stanislaw D. Glazek , Marek Wieckowski