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Recent experimental efforts towards the detection of Majorana bound states have focused on creating the conditions for topological superconductivity. Here we demonstrate an alternative route, which achieves fully localised zero-energy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-07 Pablo San-Jose , Jorge Cayao , Elsa Prada , Ramón Aguado

Topological superconductors can host Majorana quasiparticles which supersede the fermion/boson dichotomy and offer a pathway to fault tolerant quantum computation. In one-dimensional systems zero-energy Majorana states are bound to the ends…

We propose and analyze theoretically an experimental setup for detecting the elusive Majorana particle in semiconductor-superconductor heterostructures. The experimental system consists of one-dimensional semiconductor wire with strong…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-08-16 Roman M. Lutchyn , Jay D. Sau , S. Das Sarma

Majorana zero modes have gained significant interest due to their potential applications in topological quantum computing and in the realization of exotic quantum phases. These zero-energy quasiparticle excitations localize at the vortex…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-13 Pasquale Marra , Daisuke Inotani , Takeshi Mizushima , Muneto Nitta

We study quasiparticle spectrum of the correlated quantum dot deposited on superconducting substrate which is side-coupled to the Rashba nanochain, hosting Majorana end modes. Ground state of an isolated quantum dot proximitized to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-08 Tomasz Zienkiewicz , Jan Barański , Grzegorz Górski , Tadeusz Domański

Semiconductor nanowires with strong spin-orbit coupling and proximity-induced s-wave superconductivity in an external magnetic field have been the most promising settings for approaches towards experimental evidence of topological Majorana…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-30 Stefan Rex , Asle Sudbø

We propose microwave-controlled rotations for qubits realized as Majorana bound states. To this end we study an inhomogeneous Kitaev chain in a microwave cavity. The chain consists of two topologically nontrivial regions separated by a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-03-08 Thomas L. Schmidt , Andreas Nunnenkamp , Christoph Bruder

We calculate the topological boundary modes found for quantum wire for a quantum ring. For the symmetric ring we find analytical solutions for two quasi-particles identifiable as the Majorana states and for asymmetric ring, we have also…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-16 Yue Yu , Kwok Yip Szeto

A semiconducting nanowire fully wrapped by a superconducting shell has been proposed as a platform for obtaining Majorana modes at small magnetic fields. In this study, we demonstrate that the appearance of subgap states in such structures…

Majorana zero modes have been shown to be the simplest quasiparticles exhibiting pure odd-frequency pairing, an effect that has so far been theoretically established in the static regime. In this work, we investigate the formation of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-01-23 Eslam Ahmed , Shun Tamura , Yukio Tanaka , Jorge Cayao

We study charge transport through a topological superconductor with a pair of Majorana end states, coupled to leads via quantum dots with resonant levels. The non-locality of the Majorana bound states opens the possibility of crossed…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-09-13 Björn Zocher , Bernd Rosenow

The non-Abelian statistics of Majorana fermions, their role in topological quantum computation, and the possibility of realizing them in condensed matter systems, has attracted considerable attention. While there have been recent reports of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-02-24 David Nozadze , Nandini Trivedi

The one-dimensional $p$-wave superconductor, characterized by boundary Majorana modes, has attracted significant interest owing to its potential application in topological quantum computation. Similarly, spin-1/2 Kitaev ladder systems with…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-11-19 Haoting Xu , Hae-Young Kee

Spin vacancies in the non-Abelian Kitaev spin liquid are known to harbor Majorana zero modes, potentially enabling topological quantum computing at elevated temperatures. Here, we study the spectroscopic signatures of such Majorana zero…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-07-21 Wen-Han Kao , Natalia B. Perkins , Gábor B. Halász

We propose an alternative platform to observe Majorana bound states in solid state systems. High critical temperature cuprate superconductors can induce superconductivity, by proximity effect, in quasi one dimensional nanowires with strong…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 P. Lucignano , A. Mezzacapo , F. Tafuri , A. Tagliacozzo

Magnetic skyrmions are nanoscale spin configurations that can be efficiently created and manipulated. They hold great promises for next-generation spintronics applications. In parallel to these developments, the interplay of magnetism,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-10-24 Maxime Garnier , Andrej Mesaros , Pascal Simon

Spin-orbit coupling in solids is typically a single-body effect arising from relativity. In this work, we propose a spontaneous generation of spin-orbit coupling from symmetry breaking. A spin-dependent electron-phonon coupling model is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-10-23 Xiangyu Zhang , Da Wang , Congjun Wu

We study the low-energy transport properties of a hybrid device composed by a native quantum dot coupled to both ends of a topological superconducting nanowire section hosting Majorana zero-modes. The account of the coupling between the dot…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-14 L. S. Ricco , Y. Marques , J. E. Sanches , I. A. Shelykh , A. C. Seridonio

In modern experiments with hybrid superconducting (SC)/semiconducting nanowires the presence of zero-energy Andreev bound states (ABSs), characterized by a partial overlap of the Majorana wave functions, is a common problem that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-02-22 S. V. Aksenov

The hybrid combination of superconductors and low-dimensional semiconductors offers a versatile ground for novel device concepts, such as sources of spin-entangled electrons, nanoscale superconducting magnetometers, or recently proposed…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-01-24 Eduardo J. H. Lee , Xiaocheng Jiang , Manuel Houzet , Ramon Aguado , Charles M. Lieber , Silvano De Franceschi