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We theoretically consider the effect of a spatially periodic modulation of the superconducting order parameter on the formation of Majorana fermions induced by a one-dimensional system with magnetic impurities brought into close proximity…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-19 Silas Hoffman , Jelena Klinovaja , Daniel Loss

Motivated by recent proposals for the generation of Majorana fermions in semiconducting hybrid structures, we examine possible experimental fingerprints of such excitations. Whereas previous works mainly have focused on zero-energy states…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Jacob Linder , Asle Sudbø

Majorana fermions, exotic particles with potential applications in quantum computing, have garnered significant interest in condensed matter physics. The Kitaev model serves as a fundamental framework for investigating the emergence of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-07-02 Abhiram Soori

Topological superfluids are recently discovered quantum matters that host topologically protected gapless edge states known as Majorana fermions - exotic quantum particles that act as their own anti-particles and obey non-Abelian…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-01-23 Hui Hu , Lin Dong , Ye Cao , Han Pu , Xia-Ji Liu

We consider Majorana fermions (MFs) in quasi-one-dimensional nanowire systems containing normal and superconducting sections where the topological phase based on Rashba spin orbit interaction can be tuned by magnetic fields. We derive…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Jelena Klinovaja , Daniel Loss

Majorana zero mode is an exotic quasi-particle excitation with non-Abelian statistics in topological superconductor systems, and can serve as the cornerstone for topological quantum computation, a new type of fault-tolerant quantum…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-04-27 Xianxin Wu , Rui-Xing Zhang , Gang Xu , Jiangping Hu , Chao-Xing Liu

Recent observation of zero bias conductance peaks in semiconductor wire/superconductor heterostructures has generated great interest, and there is a hot debate on whether the observation is associated with Majorana fermions (MFs). Here we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Jie Liu , Fu-Chun Zhang , K. T. Law

Zero-energy Majorana bound states in superconductors have been proposed to be potential building blocks of a topological quantum computer, because quantum information can be encoded in the fermion occupation of a pair of {\it spatially…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Liang Fu

We consider a model of ballistic quasi-one dimensional semiconducting wire with intrinsic spin-orbit interaction placed on the surface of a bulk s-wave superconductor (SC), in the presence of an external magnetic field. This setup has been…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-08-06 A. A. Zyuzin , Diego Rainis , Jelena Klinovaja , Daniel Loss

We propose a systematic magnetic-flux-free approach to detect, manipulate and braid Majorana fermions in a semiconductor nanowire-based topological Josephson junction by utilizing the Majorana spin degree of freedom. We find an intrinsic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-07-18 Xin Liu , Xiaopeng Li , Dong-Ling Deng , Xiong-Jun Liu , S. Das Sarma

Quantum wires subject to the combined action of spin-orbit and Zeeman coupling in the presence of \emph{s}-wave pairing potentials (superconducting proximity effect in semiconductors or superfluidity in cold atoms) are one of the most…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-03-25 Andres A. Reynoso , Diego Frustaglia

We examine theoretically the visualization of Majorana fermions in a two-dimensional trapped ultracold atomic Fermi gas with spin-orbit coupling. By increasing an external Zeeman field, the trapped gas transits from non-topological to…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2012-02-24 Xia-Ji Liu , Lei Jiang , Han Pu , Hui Hu

The mutual competition and synergy of magnetism and superconductivity provide us with a very valuable opportunity to access topological superconductivity and Majorana Fermions. Here, we devise a heterostructure consisting of an $s$-wave…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-11-13 Yu-Xuan Li , Cheng-Cheng Liu

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 study of quasiparticle dynamics is central to understanding non-equilibrium phenomena in quantum many-body systems. Direct simulation of such dynamics on quantum hardware has been limited by circuit depth and noise constraints. In this…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-11-06 Yuxiao Hang , Rosa Di Felice , Aiichiro Nakano , Stephan Haas

I. Introduction (What is new in RMT, Superconducting quasiparticles, Experimental platforms) II. Topological superconductivity (Kitaev chain, Majorana operators, Majorana zero-modes, Phase transition beyond mean-field) III. Fundamental…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-07 C. W. J. Beenakker

Majorana fermions (MFs) are exotic particles that are their own anti-particles. Recently, the search for the MFs occurring as quasi-particle excitations in solid-state systems has attracted widespread interest, because of their fundamental…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-09-22 Jun Li , Ting Yu , Hai-Qing Lin , J. Q. You

Majorana bound states (MBSs) are quasiparticles which are their own antiparticles. They are predicted to emerge as zero-energy modes localized at the boundary of a topological superconductor. No intrinsic topological superconductor is known…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-27 William F. Schiela , Peng Yu , Javad Shabani

We investigate the charge transport in a semiconductor nanowire that is subject to a perpendicular magnetic field and in partial contact with an \textit{s}-wave superconductor. We find that Majorana fermions, existing at the interface…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-01-27 Chunlei Qu , Yongping Zhang , Li Mao , Chuanwei Zhang

Spin-orbit coupled semiconductor nanowires with Zeeman splitting in proximity contact with bulk $s$-wave superconductivity have recently been proposed as a promising platform for realizing Majorana fermions. However, in this setup the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-02-21 Ming Gong , Li Mao , Sumanta Tewari , Chuanwei Zhang
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