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We investigate the non-adiabatic processes occurring during the manipulations of Majorana qubits in 1-D semiconducting wires with proximity induced superconductivity. Majorana qubits are usually protected by the excitation gap. Yet,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-09-03 Mathias S. Scheurer , Alexander Shnirman

Majorana zero modes in one-dimensional topological superconductors obey non-Abelian braiding statistics. Braiding manipulations can be realized by controlling Coulomb couplings in hybrid Majorana-transmon devices. However, strong disorder…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 I. C. Fulga , B. van Heck , M. Burrello , T. Hyart

Qubits built out of Majorana zero modes (MZMs) constitute the primary path towards topologically protected quantum computing. Simulating the braiding process of multiple MZMs corresponds to the quantum dynamics of a superconducting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-14 Eric Mascot , Themba Hodge , Dan Crawford , Jasmin Bedow , Dirk K. Morr , Stephan Rachel

We construct a protocol to adiabatically prepare the ground state of a widely discussed number-conserving model Hamiltonian for ultracold atoms in optical lattices that supports Majorana edge states. In particular, we introduce a symmetry…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-09-25 Benjamin Michen , Tim Pokart , Jan Carl Budich

We study the dynamics of Majorana zero modes that are shuttled via local tuning of the electrochemical potential in a superconducting wire. By performing time-dependent simulations of microscopic lattice models, we show that diabatic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-18 Bela Bauer , Torsten Karzig , Ryan V. Mishmash , Andrey E. Antipov , Jason Alicea

Numerical calculations for Majorana zero modes on a one-dimensional chain are performed using the technique of block diagonalization for general parameter settings. It is found that Majorana zero modes occur near the ends of the chain and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-08-20 Lei Chen , W. LiMing , Jia-Hui Huang

Majorana mode based topological qubits are potentially subject to diabatic errors that in principle can limit the utility of topological quantum computation. Using a combination of analytical and numerical methods we study the diabatic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-07-17 Amit Nag , Jay D. Sau

We numerically investigate non-Abelian braiding dynamics of vortices in two-dimensional topological superconductors, such as $s$-wave superconductors with Rashba spin-orbit coupling. Majorana zero modes (MZMs) hosted by the vortices…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-02-16 Takumi Sanno , Shunsuke Miyazaki , Takeshi Mizushima , Satoshi Fujimoto

Recent advances in quantum dot platforms have opened new pathways for realizing Majorana zero modes (MZMs) and simulating topological quantum computation. Here we propose an experimentally feasible setup for implementing topological…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-09-22 Bradraj Pandey , Satoshi Okamoto , Pontus Laurell , Stephan Rachel , Elbio Dagotto

Majorana zero modes, the elementary building blocks for the quantum bits of topological quantum computers, are known to suffer from hybridization as their wavefunctions begin to overlap. This breaks the ground state degeneracy, splitting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-11 Cole Peeters , Themba Hodge , Stephan Rachel

Given recent progress in the realization of Majorana zero modes in semiconducting nanowires with proximity-induced superconductivity, a crucial next step is to attempt an experimental demonstration of the predicted braiding statistics…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-08 David J. Clarke , Jay D. Sau , Sankar Das Sarma

Motivated by recent experimental progress in realizing Majorana zero modes (MZMs) using quantum dot systems, we investigate the diabatic errors associated with the movement of those MZMs. The movement is achieved by tuning time-dependent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-03 Bradraj Pandey , Gaurav Kumar Gupta , Gonzalo Alvarez , Satoshi Okamoto , Elbio Dagotto

Among the major approaches that are being pursued for realizing quantum bits, the Majorana-based platform has been the most recent to be launched. It attempts to realize qubits which store quantum information in a topologically-protected…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-10 Karsten Flensberg , Felix von Oppen , Ady Stern

To realize the braiding operations of Majorana zero mode in the vortex cores of a topological superconductor (TSC), a novel approach is proposed in this letter to replace the common tip (or tip-like) method. Instead of on top of the TSC…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-09-01 Hai-Yang Ma , Dandan Guan , Shiyong Wang , Yaoyi Li , Canhua Liu , Hao Zheng , Jin-Feng Jia

Topological Quantum Computing has largely evolved towards a paradigm of manipulating edge localized Majorana within $p$-wave topological superconducting nanowires. To bridge the gap between physical qubit systems and quantum algorithms, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Adrian D. Scheppe , Michael V. Pak

We perform simulations for transport and nontrivial fusion of Majorana zero modes in topological superconducting quantum wires. We uncover interesting behaviors of nonadiabatic transition associated with the transport through…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-03 Qiongyao Wang , Jing Bai , Luting Xu , Wei Feng , Xin-Qi Li

Nonadiabatic unitary evolution with tailored time-dependent Hamiltonians can prepare systems of cold atomic gases with various desired properties. For a system of two one-dimensional quasicondensates coupled with a time-varying tunneling…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2013-04-09 Armin Rahmani , Takuya Kitagawa , Eugene Demler , Claudio Chamon

The Majorana code is an example of a stabilizer code where the quantum information is stored in a system supporting well-separated Majorana Bound States (MBSs). We focus on one-dimensional realizations of the Majorana code, as well as…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-09 Fabio L. Pedrocchi , N. E. Bonesteel , David P. DiVincenzo

We study a series of dynamical protocols which involve periodically driving a quantum dot coupled to a putative nanowire hosting Majorana zero modes (MZMs) to i) reduce the hybridization between MZMs, ii) improve the coherence of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-04-18 Brett Min , Bastien Fajardo , T. Pereg-Barnea , Kartiek Agarwal

Majorana zero-modes in a superconductor are midgap states localized in the core of a vortex or bound to the end of a nanowire. They are anyons with non-Abelian braiding statistics, but when they are immobile one cannot demonstrate this by…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-04-17 C. W. J. Beenakker , P. Baireuther , Y. Herasymenko , I. Adagideli , Lin Wang , A. R. Akhmerov