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Quantum computing is a promising way to systematically solve the longstanding computational problem, the ground state of a many-body fermion system. Many efforts have been made to realise certain forms of quantum advantage in this problem,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-09 Xiaosi Xu , Ying Li

We describe a scheme to exchange fermion parity between two pairs of Majorana bound states mediated by coupling with a centralized quantum dot. We specifically formulate such a scheme for Majorana bound states nucleated in the Josephson…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-26 Varsha Subramanyan , Jukka I Vayrynen , Alex Levchenko , Smitha Vishveshwara

Majorana zero modes in superconductor-nanowire hybrid structures are a promising candidate for topologically protected qubits with the potential to be used in scalable structures. Currently, disorder in such Majorana wires is a major…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-22 Matthias Thamm , Bernd Rosenow

Current proposals for topological quantum computation (TQC) based on Majorana zero modes (MZM) have mostly been focused on coupled-wire architecture which can be challenging to implement experimentally. To explore alternative building…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-03 Aidan Winblad , Hua Chen

Quasiparticle poisoning errors in Majorana-based qubits are not suppressed by the underlying topological properties, which undermines the usefulness of this proposed platform. This work tackles the errors originating from intrinsically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-17 Abhijeet Alase , Kevin D. Stubbs , Barry C. Sanders , David L. Feder

We introduce an exactly solvable model of interacting Majorana fermions realizing $Z_{2}$ topological order with a $Z_{2}$ fermion parity grading and lattice symmetries permuting the three fundamental anyon types. We propose a concrete…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-12-16 Sagar Vijay , Timothy H. Hsieh , Liang Fu

With the discovery of Majorana quasiparticles in semiconductor-superconductor hybrid structures, topologically protected qubits have emerged as a promising contender for quantum information processing. While the construction of a universal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-26 Alex Thomson , Falko Pientka

Braiding Majorana zero modes (MZMs) is the key procedure toward topological quantum computation. However, the complexity of the braiding manipulation hinders its experimental realization. Here we propose an experimental setup composing of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-20 Jie Liu , Wenqin Chen , Ming Gong , Yijia Wu , X. C. Xie

Although Majorana platforms are promising avenues to realizing topological quantum computing, they are still susceptible to errors from thermal noise and other sources. We show that the error rate of Majorana qubits can be drastically…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-05-06 John P. T. Stenger , Roger S. K. Mong

Majorana zero modes are quasiparticles that hold promise as building blocks for topological quantum computing. However, the litmus test for their detection, the observation of exotic non-abelian statistics revealed by braiding, has so far…

Topological quantum computation by way of braiding of Majorana fermions is not universal quantum computation. There are several attempts to make universal quantum computation by introducing some additional quantum gates or quantum states.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-12 Motohiko Ezawa

We summarize the key ingredients required for universal topological quantum computation using Majorana zero modes in networks of topological superconductor nanowires. Particular emphasis is placed on the use of both sparse and dense logical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-07 Philipp Frey , Themba Hodge , Eric Mascot , Stephan Rachel

The non-Abelian statistics of Majorana zero modes (MZMs) are central to fault-tolerant topological quantum computing. Planar Josephson junctions provide a particularly versatile platform for realizing robust topological superconductivity…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-01-29 Richang Huang , Yongliang Hu , Xianzhang Chen , Peng Yu , Siwei Tan , Igor Zutic , Tong Zhou

Quantum anomalous Hall insulator/superconductor heterostructures emerged as a competitive platform to realize topological superconductors with chiral Majorana edge states as shown in recent experiments [He et al. Science {\bf 357}, 294…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-03-21 Chui-zhen Chen , Ying-ming Xie , Jie Liu , Patrick A Lee , K. T. Law

The toric code based on Majorana fermions on mesoscopic superconducting islands is a promising candidate for quantum information processing. In the limit of vanishing Cooper-pair tunneling, it has been argued that the phase transition…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-08 Ananda Roy , Barbara M. Terhal , Fabian Hassler

We present a new type of a quantum error correction code, termed Majorana-XYZ code, where the logical quantum information scales macroscopically yet is protected by topologically non-trivial degrees of freedom. It is a $[n,k,g,d]$ subsystem…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-30 Tobias Busse , Lauri Toikka

Finite-length one-dimensional topological superconductor wires host localized Majorana zero modes at their ends. In realistic models, these appear only after a topological quantum critical point is crossed by external tuning of parameters.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-25 William S. Cole , Jay D. Sau , S. Das Sarma

Quantum simulation of chemical Hamiltonians enables the efficient calculation of chemical properties. Mapping is one of the essential steps in simulating fermionic systems on quantum computers. In this work, a unified framework of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-11 Qing-Song Li , Huan-Yu Liu , Qingchun Wang , Yu-Chun Wu , Guo-Ping Guo

Surface codes offer a very promising avenue towards fault-tolerant quantum computation. We argue that two-dimensional interacting networks of Majorana bound states in topological superconductor/semiconductor heterostructures hold several…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-30 S. Plugge , L. A. Landau , E. Sela , A. Altland , K. Flensberg , R. Egger

Majorana zero modes are expected to arise in semiconductor-superconductor hybrid systems, with potential topological quantum computing applications. One limitation of this approach is the need for a relatively high external magnetic field…