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Non-trivial braid-group representations appear as non-Abelian quantum statistics of emergent Majorana zero modes in one and two-dimensional topological superconductors. Here, we generate such representations with topologically protected…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-08 Yafis Barlas , Emil Prodan

This review presents an entry-level introduction to topological quantum computation -- quantum computing with anyons. We introduce anyons at the system-independent level of anyon models and discuss the key concepts of protected fusion…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-14 Ville Lahtinen , Jiannis K. Pachos

Nonabelian topological orders host exotic anyons central to quantum computing, yet established realizations rely on case-by-case constructions that are often conceptually involved. In this work, we present a systematic construction of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-01-19 Zhi-Qiang Gao , Chunxiao Liu , Joel E. Moore

We show that universal quantum computation can be performed within the ground state of a topologically ordered quantum system, which is a naturally protected quantum memory. In particular, we show how this can be achieved using brane-net…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 H. Bombin , M. A. Martin-Delgado

It is well known that the abelian $Z_2$ anyonic model (toric code) can be realized on a highly entangled two-dimensional spin lattice, where the anyons are quasiparticles located at the endpoints of string-like concatenations of Pauli…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-11-05 James R. Wootton , Ville Lahtinen , Zhenghan Wang , Jiannis K. Pachos

Non-Abelian anyons can exist as point-like particles in two-dimensional systems, and have particle exchange statistics which are neither bosonic nor fermionic. Like in spin systems, the role of fusion (Heisenberg-like) interactions between…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-08-08 Babatunde M. Ayeni , Robert N. C. Pfeifer , Gavin K. Brennen

We construct Pauli topological subsystem codes characterized by arbitrary two-dimensional Abelian anyon theories--this includes anyon theories with degenerate braiding relations and those without a gapped boundary to the vacuum. Our work…

Anyons are exotic quasiparticles obeying fractional statistics,whose behavior can be emulated in artificially designed spin systems.Here we present an experimental emulation of creating anyonic excitations in a superconducting circuit that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-11 Y. P. Zhong , D. Xu , P. Wang , C. Song , Q. J. Guo , W. X. Liu , K. Xu , B. X. Xia , Chao-Yang Lu , Siyuan Han , Jian-Wei Pan , Haohua Wang

We extend the topological quantum computation scheme using the Pfaffian quantum Hall state, which has been recently proposed by Das Sarma et al., in a way that might potentially allow for the topologically protected construction of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Lachezar S. Georgiev

Topological phases in two dimensions support anyonic quasiparticle excitations that obey neither bosonic nor fermionic statistics. These anyon structures often carry global symmetries that relate distinct anyons with similar fusion and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-03-09 Jeffrey C. Y. Teo

A fundamental question in the theory of quantum computation is to understand the ultimate space-time resource costs for performing a universal set of logical quantum gates to arbitrary precision. Here we demonstrate that non-Abelian anyons…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-11 Guanyu Zhu , Ali Lavasani , Maissam Barkeshli

Topological quantum computation relies on a protected degenerate subspace enabling complicated operations in a noise-resilient way. To this end, hybrid platforms based on non-Abelian quasiparticles such as parafermions hold great promise.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-01-18 Alessio Calzona , Matteo Carrega , Luca Chirolli

Motivated by the recent discovery of fractional quantum anomalous Hall states in moir\'e systems, we consider the possibility of realizing non-Abelian phases in topological minibands. We study a family of moir\'e systems, skyrmion Chern…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-10 Aidan P. Reddy , Nisarga Paul , Ahmed Abouelkomsan , Liang Fu

Topological superconductors (TSCs) provide a promising route to fault-tolerant quantum information processing. However, the canonical Majorana platform based on $2e$ TSCs remains computationally constrained. In this work, we find a $4e$ TSC…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-03-31 Zhengyan Darius Shi , Zhaoyu Han , Srinivas Raghu , Ashvin Vishwanath

It has been recently shown that non-Abelian defects with localized parafermion zero modes can arise in conventional Abelian fractional quantum Hall (FQH) states. Here we propose an alternate route to creating, manipulating, and measuring…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-08-26 Maissam Barkeshli

This is a tutorial review of methods to braid the world lines of non-Abelian anyons (Majorana zero-modes) in topological superconductors. That "Holy Grail" of topological quantum information processing has not yet been reached in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-06 C. W. J. Beenakker

We show that braidings of the metaplectic anyons $X_\epsilon$ in $SO(3)_2=SU(2)_4$ with their total charge equal to the metaplectic mode $Y$ supplemented with measurements of the total charge of two metaplectic anyons are universal for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-11-20 Shawn X. Cui , Zhenghan Wang

It is an important open problem to understand the landscape of non-Abelian fractional quantum Hall phases which can be obtained starting from physically motivated theories of Abelian composite particles. We show that progress on this…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-09-11 Hart Goldman , Ramanjit Sohal , Eduardo Fradkin

Topological order (TO) provides a natural platform for storing and manipulating quantum information. However, its stability to noise has only been systematically understood for Abelian TOs. In this work, we exploit the non-deterministic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-31 Dian Jing , Pablo Sala , Liang Jiang , Ruben Verresen

The chiral $p$-wave superconductor/superfluid in two dimensions (2D) is the simplest and most robust system for topological quantum computation . Candidates for such topological superconductors/superfluids in nature are very rare. A widely…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-03-27 Xi Luo , Yu-Ge Chen , Ziqiang Wang , Yue Yu