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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 low-energy theory of hybrid nanowire systems fails to define Majorana fermion (MF) in the strong tunneling and magnetic field strength. To address this limitation, we propose a holistic approach to define MF in which the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-27 Guo-Jian Qiao , Xin Yue , C. P. Sun

Near-resonant periodic driving of quantum systems promises the implementation of a large variety of novel effective Hamiltonians. The challenge of Floquet engineering lies in the preparation and measurement of the desired quantum state. We…

We theoretically report the emergence of $Z_4$ parafermion edge modes in a periodically driven spinful superconducting chain with modest fermionic Hubbard interaction. These parafermion edge modes represent $\pm \pi/(2T)$ quasienergy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-04 Raditya Weda Bomantara

Recently, much attention has been paid to search for Majorana fermions in solid-state systems. Among various proposals there is one based on radio-frequency superconducting quantum interference devices (rf-SQUIDs), in which the appearance…

It is shown that the presence of the Majorana fermion edge states along the perimeter of a topological superconductor can be probed using an interacting quantum dot coupled to three terminals: two spin-polarized (ferromagnetic) leads and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2011-11-15 Rok Zitko

It is known that the low-energy physics of the Josephson effect in the presence of Majorana zero modes exhibits a $4\pi$ periodicity as the Aharonov-Bohm flux varies in contrast to the $2\pi$ Josephson periodicity in usual superconducting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-05 Ching-Kai Chiu , S. Das Sarma

Majorana fermions are often proposed to be realized by first singling out one Fermi surface without spin degeneracy via spin-orbit coupling, and then imposing boundaries or defects. In this work, we take a different route starting with two…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-01-04 Wang Yang , Chao Xu , Congjun Wu

The surface of superconducting topological insulators (STIs) has been recognized as an effective $p\pm ip$ superconductivity platform for realizing elusive Majorana fermions. Chiral Majorana modes (CMMs), which are different from Majorana…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-12-30 Ching-Kai Chiu , Guang Bian , Hao Zheng , Jiaxin Yin , Songtian S. Zhang , Su-Yang Xu , M. Zahid Hasan

Prethermalization, where quasi-steady states are realized in the intermediate long time regime (prethermal regime), in periodically driven (Floquet) systems is an important phenomenon since it provides a platform of nontrivial Floquet…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-14 Kaoru Mizuta , Kazuaki Takasan , Norio Kawakami

Time-periodic driving fields could endow a system with peculiar topological and transport features. In this work, we find dynamically controlled localization transitions and mobility edges in non-Hermitian quasicrystals via shaking the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-25 Longwen Zhou

One-dimensional systems obtained as low-energy limits of hybrid superconductor-topological insulator devices provide means of production, transport, and destruction of Majorana bound states (MBSs) by variations of the magnetic flux. When…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-06-08 Sergei Khlebnikov

Majorana fermions were envisioned by E. Majorana in 1935 to describe neutrinos. Recently it has been shown that they can be realized even in a class of electron-doped semiconductors, on which ordinary s-wave superconductivity is proximity…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-19 Li Mao , Ming Gong , E. Dumitrescu , Sumanta Tewari , Chuanwei Zhang

Calculation of the Floquet quasi-energies of a system driven by a time-periodic field is an efficient way to understand its dynamics. In particular, the phenomenon of dynamical localization can be related to the presence of close approaches…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 C. E. Creffield

We show how Majorana end modes can be generated in a one-dimensional system by varying some of the parameters in the Hamiltonian periodically in time. The specific model we consider is a chain containing spinless electrons with a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-15 Manisha Thakurathi , Aavishkar A. Patel , Diptiman Sen , Amit Dutta

We theoretically explore the Floquet generation of Majorana end modes~(MEMs) (both regular $0$- and anomalous $\pi$-modes) implementing a periodic sinusoidal modulation in chemical potential in an experimentally feasible setup based on a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-08-16 Debashish Mondal , Arnob Kumar Ghosh , Tanay Nag , Arijit Saha

The problem of fermion dynamics is studied using the Q-function for fermions. This is a probabilistic phase-space representation, which we express using Majorana operators, so that the phase-space variable is a real antisymmetric matrix. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-27 Ria Rushin Joseph , Laura E C Rosales-Zárate , Peter D Drummond

A primer on the Floquet theory of periodically time-dependent quantum systems is provided, and it is shown how to apply this framework for computing the quasienergy band structure governing the dynamics of ultracold atoms in driven optical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-11-30 Martin Holthaus

In a hybrid system consisting of two quantum dots (QDs) coupled to a superconductor (SC), zero-bias peaks in the differential conductance spectrum have been reported as potential signatures of Majorana fermions (MFs). However, such…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-16 Zhi-Lei Zhang , Guo-Jian Qiao , C. P. Sun

Majorana fermions were proposed to occur at edges and interfaces of gapped one-dimensional systems where phases with different topological character meet due to an interplay of spin-orbit coupling, proximity-induced superconductivity and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-05-29 Eran Sela , Alexander Altland , Achim Rosch