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The unambiguous detection of the Majorana zero mode (MZM), which is essential for future topological quantum computing, has been a challenge in recent condensed matter experiments. The MZM is expected to emerge at the vortex core of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-08-03 Tadashi Machida , Tetsuo Hanaguri

Majorana zero-modes (MZMs) are spatially-localized zero-energy fractional quasiparticles with non-Abelian braiding statistics that hold a great promise for topological quantum computing. Due to its particle-antiparticle equivalence, an MZM…

Majorana zero-energy bound states (ZEBSs) have been proposed to exist at the ends of one-dimensional Rashba nanowires proximity-coupled to an s-wave superconductor in an external magnetic field induced Zeeman field. Such hybrid structures…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-07-03 Cheng Chen , Kun Jiang , Yi Zhang , Chaofei Liu , Yi Liu , Ziqiang Wang , Jian Wang

The Majorana fermion, which is its own anti-particle and obeys non-abelian statistics, plays a critical role in topological quantum computing. It can be realized as a bound state at zero energy, called a Majorana zero mode (MZM), in the…

We present a comprehensive investigation into the emergence of interface-bound states, particularly Majorana zero modes (MZMs), in a lateral heterostructure composed of two three-dimensional topological insulators (TIs), Bi$_2$Se$_3$ and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-14 Yoonkang Kim

The search for Majorana bound state (MBS) has recently emerged as one of the most active research areas in condensed matter physics, fueled by the prospect of using its non-Abelian statistics for robust quantum computation. A highly…

Majorana quasiparticles (MQPs) in condensed matter play an important role in strategies for topological quantum computing but still remain elusive. Vortex cores of topological superconductors may accommodate MQPs that appear as the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-07-23 T. Machida , Y. Sun , S. Pyon , S. Takeda , Y. Kohsaka , T. Hanaguri , T. Sasagawa , T. Tamegai

Vortices in topological superconductors are predicted to host Majorana bound states (MBSs) as exotic quasiparticles. In recent experiments, the spatially non-split zero-energy vortex bound state in topological superconductors has been…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-06-12 Howon Kim , Yuki Nagai , Levente Rózsa , Dominik Schreyer , Roland Wiesendanger

Majorana zero modes (MZMs) are exotic excitations (in condensed matter systems) that have potential applications in topological quantum computation. Though MZMs have been predicted on many platforms, their existence of them is still under…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-04-14 Zhan Cao , Shumeng Chen , Gu Zhang , Dong E. Liu

The goal of creating topologically protected qubits using non-Abelian anyons is currently one of the most exciting areas of research in quantum condensed matter physics. Majorana zero modes (MZM), which are non-Abelian anyons predicted to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-12 Berthold Jäck , Yonglong Xie , Ali Yazdani

Majorana zero modes (MZMs) emerge as edge states in topological superconductors and are promising for topological quantum computation, but their detection has so far been elusive. Here we show that non-Hermiticity can be used to obtain…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-08-25 R. Arouca , Jorge Cayao , Annica M. Black-Schaffer

Majorana zero modes (MZMs), emerging as exotic quasiparticles that carry non-Abelian statistics, hold great promise for achieving fault-tolerant topological quantum computation. A key signature of the presence of MZMs is the zero-bias peaks…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-31 Mouyang Cheng , Ryotaro Okabe , Abhijatmedhi Chotrattanapituk , Mingda Li

We study signatures of Majorana zero modes (MZMs) bound to Josephson vortices in superconductor-three-dimensional topological insulator-superconductor (S-TI-S) Josephson junctions placed in a perpendicular magnetic field. First, using…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-27 Katharina Laubscher , Jay D. Sau

Majorana zero modes (MZMs)--bearing potential applications for topological quantum computing--are verified in quasi-one-dimensional (1D) Fermion systems, including semiconductor nanowires, magnetic atomic chains, planar Josephson junctions.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-29 Shu-guang Cheng , Jie Liu , Haiwen Liu , Hua Jiang , Qing-feng Sun , X. C. Xie

A robust zero-energy bound state (ZBS) in a superconductor, such as a Majorana or Andreev bound state, is often a consequence of non-trivial topological or symmetry related properties, and can provide indispensable information about the…

Vortices in topological superconductors host Majorana zero modes (MZMs), which are proposed to be building blocks of fault-tolerant topological quantum computers. Recently, a new single-material platform for realizing MZM has been…

One-dimensional topological superconductors host Majorana zero modes (MZMs), the non-local property of which could be exploited for quantum computing applications. Spin- polarized scanning tunneling microscopy measurements show that MZMs…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-16 Sangjun Jeon , Yonglong Xie , Jian Li , Zhijun Wang , B. Andrei Bernevig , Ali Yazdani

Unambiguous identification of Majorana zero modes (MZMs) in topological superconductors (TSCs) remains a challenge due to complex in-gap states that can also produce zero-bias conductance peaks (ZBPs). Here we demonstrate a data-driven…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-02-20 Jewook Park , Hoyeon Jeon , Dongwon Shin , Guannan Zhang , Michael A McGuire , Brian C. Sales , An-Ping Li

The Majorana zero mode (MZM), which manifests as an exotic neutral excitation in superconductors, is the building block of topological quantum computing. It has recently been found in the vortices of several iron-based superconductors as a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-04-11 C. Chen , Q. Liu , T. Z. Zhang , D. Li , P. P. Shen , X. L. Dong , Z. -X. Zhao , T. Zhang , D. L. Feng

We demonstrate that partially overlapping Majorana bound states (MBSs) represent a generic low-energy feature that emerges in non-homogeneous semiconductor nanowires coupled to superconductors in the presence of a Zeeman field. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-09 Christopher Moore , Tudor D. Stanescu , Sumanta Tewari
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