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Topologically protected qubits based on nanostructures hosting Majorana bound states (MBSs) hold great promise for fault-tolerant quantum computing. We study the transport properties of nanowire networks hosting MBSs with a focus on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-05-20 Johan Ekström , Patrik Recher , Thomas L. Schmidt

In this work, we investigate a quantum-ring coupled to a topological superconductor, hosting Majorana bound states (MBSs). We study the MBSs effects over the spectrum and persistent current along the quantum-ring. To obtain physical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-28 F. G. Medina , J. P. Ramos-Andrade , L. Rosales , P. A. Orellana

The Majorana search is caught up in an extensive debate about the false-positive signals from non-topological Andreev bound states (ABSs). We introduce a remedy using the dissipative probe to generate electron-boson interaction. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-22 Donghao Liu , Gu Zhang , Zhan Cao , Hao Zhang , Dong E. Liu

There is presently a tremendous activity around the field of topological superconductivity and Majorana fermions. Among the many questions raised, it has become increasingly important to establish the topological or non-topological origin…

Kitaev chain (KC) is a prototypical model for the study of Majorana fermions (MFs). In the topological phase, a KC hosts two MFs at its ends. Being separated in space, these two MFs are nonlocal. The nonlocal transport in a KC biased…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-24 Abhiram Soori

Avenues of Majorana bound states (MBSs) have become one of the primary directions towards a possible realization of topological quantum computation. For a Y-junction of Kitaev quantum wires, we numerically investigate the braiding of MBSs…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-27 Michael Sekania , Stephan Plugge , Martin Greiter , Ronny Thomale , Peter Schmitteckert

Fusing Majorana zero modes leads to multiple outcomes, a property being unique to non-Abelian anyons. Successful demonstration of this nontrivial fusion rule would be a hallmark for the development of topological quantum computation.Here we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-26 Yu Zhang , Xiaoyu Zhu , Chunhui Li , Juntao Song , Jie Liu , X. C. Xie

In the present study topologically nontrivial edge and vortex bound states are described in the coexistence phase of chiral spin-singlet superconductivity and noncollinear spin ordering on a triangular lattice in the presence of few (up to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-04-27 A. O. Zlotnikov

Proposals for realizing Majorana fermions in condensed matter systems typically rely on magnetic fields, which degrade the proximitizing superconductor and plague the Majoranas' detection. We propose an alternative scheme to realize…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-31 Omri Lesser , Karsten Flensberg , Felix von Oppen , Yuval Oreg

Entanglement in quantum mechanics contradicts local realism, and is a manifestation of quantum non-locality. Its presence can be detected through the violation of Bell, or CHSH inequalities. Paradigmatic quantum systems provide examples of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-25 Alessandro Romito , Yuval Gefen

Parafermion bound states (PBSs) are generalizations of Majorana bound states (MBSs) and have been predicted to exist as zero-energy eigenstates in proximitized fractional quantum Hall edge states. Similarly to MBSs, a finite distance…

Magnet-superconductor hybrid (MSH) systems represent promising platforms to host Majorana zero modes (MZMs), the elemental building blocks for fault-tolerant quantum computers. Theoretical description of such MSH structures is mostly based…

The combination of two-dimensional Dirac surface states with s-wave superconductivity is expected to generate localized topological Majorana zero modes in vortex cores. Putative experimental signatures of these modes have been reported for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-18 Björn Sbierski , Max Geier , An-Ping Li , Matthew Brahlek , Robert G. Moore , Joel E. Moore

In the presence of Rashba spin-orbit coupling, magnetic field can drive a proximitized nanowire into a topological superconducting phase. We study transport properties of such nanowires in the Coulomb blockade regime. The associated with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-08-09 Roman M. Lutchyn , Leonid I. Glazman

It has proven difficult to distinguish between topological Majorana bound states and nontopological Andreev bound states and to measure the unique properties of the former. In this work, we aim to alleviate this problem by proposing and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-30 Maximilian Nitsch , Rubén Seoane Souto , Stephanie Matern , Martin Leijnse

Isolated Majorana fermion states can be produced at the boundary of a topological superconductor in a quasi-one-dimensional geometry. If such a superconductor is connected to a disordered quantum wire, the Majorana fermion is spread into…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-21 D. A. Ivanov , P. M. Ostrovsky , M. A. Skvortsov

Exploiting the peculiar properties of proximity-induced superconductivity on the surface of a topological insulator, we propose a device which allows the creation of a Majorana fermion inside the core of a pinned Abrikosov vortex. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-08-19 A. L. Rakhmanov , A. V. Rozhkov , Franco Nori

Motivated by the importance of studying topological superconductors beyond the mean-field approximation, we here investigate mesoscopic islands of time reversal invariant topological superconductors (TRITOPS). We characterize the spectrum…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-02-19 Steffen Bollmann , Jukka I. Väyrynen , Elio J. König

We investigate one-dimensional (1D) Majorana bound states (MBSs) realized in terms of the helical edge states of a 2D quantum spin-Hall insulator (QSHI) in a heterostructure with a superconducting substrate and two ferromagnetic insulators…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-01-20 Takuto Kawakami , Xiao Hu

We characterize topological features of Josephson junctions formed by coupled mesoscopic chiral $p$-wave superconducting islands. Through analytic and numerical studies of the low-lying BdG (Bogoliubov-de Gennes) spectrum, we identify…