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We present a general protocol to control closed quantum systems that is based on minimising the adiabatic action. Using tools based on the geometry of quantum evolutions through the quantum adiabatic brachistochrone, we show that high…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-28 Ainur Kazhybekova , Steve Campbell , Anthony Kiely

Majorana zero modes in condensed matter systems have been the subject of much interest in recent years. Their non-Abelian exchange statistics, making them a unique state of matter, and their potential applications in topological quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-01-26 Omri Lesser , Yuval Oreg

Majorana-based quantum computing seeks to use the non-local nature of Majorana zero modes to store and manipulate quantum information in a topologically protected way. While noise is anticipated to be significantly suppressed in such…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-11 Christina Knapp , Michael Beverland , Dmitry I. Pikulin , Torsten Karzig

Achieving fast, excitation-free quantum control is a vital challenge in modern quantum technologies. In many cases, shortcuts to adiabaticity enable fast adiabatic-like protocols, yet determining control parameters that satisfy practical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-03 Bo Xing , Jesús G. Parejo , Sofía Martínez-Garaot , Paola Cappellaro , Mikel Palmero

Braiding and fusion of Majorana zero modes are key elements of any future topological Majorana-based quantum computer. Here, we investigate the fusion dynamics of Majorana zero modes in the spinless Kitaev model, as well as in a spinful…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-23 Themba Hodge , Tuan Kieu , Jasmin Bedow , Eric Mascot , Dirk K. Morr , Stephan Rachel

We study the assisted adiabatic passage, and equivalently the transitionless quantum driving, as a quantum brachistochrone trajectory. The optimal Hamiltonian for given constraints is constructed from the quantum brachistochrone equation.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-07-19 Kazutaka Takahashi

In the circuit model of quantum computing, amplitude amplification techniques can be used to find solutions to NP-hard problems defined on $n$-bits in time $\text{poly}(n) 2^{n/2}$. In this work, we investigate whether such general…

Controlling the dynamics of Majorana fermions (MF) subject to time-varying driving fields is of fundamental importance for the practical realization of topological quantum computing. In this work we study how it is possible to dynamically…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-05 E. Perfetto

On-the-fly quantum nonadiabatic dynamics for large systems greatly benefits from the adiabatic representation readily available from the electronic structure programs. However, frequently occurring in this representation conical…

Adiabatic optimal control schemes are essential for advancing the practical implementation of quantum technologies. However, the vast array of possible adiabatic protocols, combined with their dependence on the particular quantum system and…

One-dimensional topological superconductors treated at the mean-field level host zero-energy edge Majorana modes, which encode topological degeneracy of their ground states. Geometric manipulations (braiding) of multiple wires can be used…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-07-19 Ivar Martin , Kartiek Agarwal

The possibility to engineer artificial Kitaev chains in arrays of quantum dots coupled via narrow superconducting regions has emerged as an attractive way to overcome the disorder issues that complicate the realization and detection of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-25 Athanasios Tsintzis , Rubén Seoane Souto , Karsten Flensberg , Jeroen Danon , Martin Leijnse

A controlled-phase gate was demonstrated in superconducting Xmon transmon qubits with fidelity reaching 99.4%, relying on the adiabatic interaction between the |11> and |02> states. Here we explain the theoretical concepts behind this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-08-21 John M. Martinis , Michael R. Geller

In this article we analyze the efficiency of operations based on transferring charge from a quantum dot (QD) to two coupled topological superconductors, which can be used for performing nonabelian operations on Majorana bound states (MBSs).…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-02-26 R. Seoane Souto , K. Flensberg , M. Leijnse

The braiding of two non-Abelian Majorana modes is important for realizing topological quantum computation. It can be achieved through tuning the coupling between the two Majorana modes to be exchanged and two ancillary Majorana modes.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-07-24 Zhen-Tao Zhang , Feng Mei , Xiang-Guo Meng , Bao-Long Liang , Zhen-Shan Yang

Recently, several approaches to solving linear systems on a quantum computer have been formulated in terms of the quantum adiabatic theorem for a continuously varying Hamiltonian. Such approaches enabled near-linear scaling in the condition…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-17 Pedro C. S. Costa , Dong An , Yuval R. Sanders , Yuan Su , Ryan Babbush , Dominic W. Berry

Transitions out of the ground space limit the performance of quantum adiabatic algorithms, while hardware imperfections impose stringent limitations on the circuit depth. We propose an adiabatic echo verification protocol which mitigates…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-06 Benjamin F. Schiffer , Dyon van Vreumingen , Jordi Tura , Stefano Polla

It has been proposed that localized zero-energy Majorana states can be realized in a two-dimensional network of quasi-one-dimensional semiconductor wires that are proximity-coupled to a bulk superconductor. The wires should have strong…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-03 Bertrand I. Halperin , Yuval Oreg , Ady Stern , Gil Refael , Jason Alicea , Felix von Oppen

We look into the minimisation of the connection time between non-equilibrium steady states. As a prototypical example of an intrinsically non-equilibrium system, a driven granular gas is considered. For time-independent driving, its natural…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-05-26 A. Prados

In this study, we theoretically analyzed a control protocol based on ``time-dependent resonance" in nearly adiabatic two-level quantum systems, demonstrating that it exhibits properties equivalent to adiabatic control. This protocol is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-03 Takayuki Suzuki