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Topological phases in (2+1)-dimensions are frequently equipped with global symmetries, like conjugation, bilayer or electric-magnetic duality, that relabel anyons without affecting the topological structures. Twist defects are static…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-09 Jeffrey C. Y. Teo , Taylor L. Hughes , Eduardo Fradkin

Synthetic anyons can be implemented in a noninteracting many-body system, by using specially tailored localized (physical) probes, which supply the demanded nontrivial topology in the system. We consider the Hamiltonian for noninteracting…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-04-07 Frane Lunić , Marija Todorić , Bruno Klajn , Tena Dubček , Dario Jukić , Hrvoje Buljan

We study the non-abelian statistics characterizing systems where counter-propagating gapless modes on the edges of fractional quantum Hall states are gapped by proximity-coupling to superconductors and ferromagnets. The most transparent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-11-27 Netanel H. Lindner , Erez Berg , Gil Refael , Ady Stern

Anyons have exotic statistical properties, fractional statistics, differing from Bosons and Fermions. They can be created as excitations of some Hamiltonian models. Here we present an experimental demonstration of anyonic fractional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-08-14 Guanru Feng , Guilu Long , Raymond Laflamme

To investigate quantum nature of two dimensional electrons subject to high perpendicular magnetic fields, usually a planar electronic Fabry-P\'erot interferometer is utilized. In this work, we investigate an interferometer defined on a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-20 S. Seyyare Aksu , Oguzhan Kasikci , A. Siddiki

We theoretically study a current switch that exploits the phase acquired by a charge carrier as it tunnels through a potential barrier in graphene. The system acts as an interferometer based on an armchair graphene quantum ring, where the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-03 D. J. P. de Sousa , Andrey Chaves , J. M. Pereira , G. A. Farias

Atomic interferometers measure phase differences along paths with exceptional precision. Tweezer interferometry represents a novel approach for this measurement by guiding particles along predefined trajectories. This study explores the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-15 Yehoshua Winsten , Doron Cohen , Yoav Sagi

Preparation of a non-classically correlated state is the first step of any quantum-enhanced interferometric protocol. An efficient method is the one-axis twisting, which entangles a collection of initially uncorrelated particles by means of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-10-28 K. Gietka , P. Szankowski , T. Wasak , J. Chwedenczuk

The emergence of twistronics provides an unprecedented platform to modulate the band structure, resulting in exotic electronic phenomena ranging from ferromagnetism to superconductivity. However, such concept on phonon engineering is still…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-25 Yufeng Zhang , Meng An , Dongxing Song , Haidong Wang , Weigang Ma , Xing Zhang

Braiding of non-Abelian Majorana anyons is a first step towards using them in quantum computing. We propose a protocol for braiding Majorana zero modes formed at the edges of nanowires with strong spin orbit coupling and proximity induced…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-22 Pranay Gorantla , Rajdeep Sensarma

Anyons exist as point like particles in two dimensions and carry braid statistics which enable interactions that are independent of the distance between the particles. Except for a relatively few number of models which are analytically…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-04-22 Babatunde M. Ayeni , Sukhwinder Singh , Robert N. C. Pfeifer , Gavin K. Brennen

Liquid crystalline defects in 3D can be viewed as geometric spinors, whose emergent properties are reminiscent of those of topological excitations in quantum condensed matter, such as Majorana quasiparticles. However, it is unclear how deep…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-04-02 A. I. Tóth , G. Negro , A. D. Huxley , D. Marenduzzo

Trapped matter-wave interferometers (TMIs) present a platform for precision sensing within a compact apparatus, extending coherence time by repeated traversal of a confining potential. However, imperfections in this potential can introduce…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Adam D. West

Majorana fermions are predicted to arise at the ends of nanowire devices which combine superconductivity, strong spin-orbit coupling and an external magnetic field. By manipulating networks of these devices with suitable gating, it has been…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-03 Fenner Harper , Aakash Pushp , Rahul Roy

Studies of twisted moir\'e systems have been mainly focused on two-dimensional (2D) materials such as graphene with Dirac points and transition-metal-dichalcogenide so far. Here we propose a twisted bilayer of 2D systems which feature…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-12-27 Ming-Rui Li , Ai-Lei He , Hong Yao

Thanks to the recent discovery on the magic-angle bilayer graphene, twistronics is quickly becom11 ing a burgeoning field in condensed matter physics. This letter expands the realm of twistronics to acoustics by introducing twisted bilayer…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-25 Yuanchen Deng , Mourad Oudich , Nikhil JRK Gerard , Jun Ji , Minghui Lu , Yun Jing

We have studied ${\rm SU}(2)_k$ anyon models, assessing their prospects for topological quantum computation. In particular, we have compared the Ising ($k=2$) anyon and Fibonacci ($k=3$) anyon models, motivated by their potential for future…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-10 Emil Génetay Johansen , Tapio Simula

We recently proposed quantum simulators of "twistronic-like" physics based on ultracold atoms and syntheticdimensions [Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 030504 (2020)]. Conceptually, the scheme is based on the idea that aphysical monolayer optical…

Demonstrating the non-Abelian Ising anyon statistics of Majorana zero modes in a physical platform still represents a major open challenge in physics. We here show that the linear low-frequency charge conductance of a Majorana…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-10-07 Andrea Nava , Reinhold Egger , Fabian Hassler , Domenico Giuliano

Anyons are low-dimensional quasiparticles that obey fractional statistics, hence interpolating between bosons and fermions. In two dimensions, they exist as elementary excitations of fractional quantum Hall states and they are believed to…