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Majorana zero modes are quasiparticle states localized at the boundaries of topological superconductors that are expected to be ideal building blocks for fault-tolerant quantum computing. Several observations of zero-bias conductance peaks…

We propose and analyze a physical system capable of performing topological quantum computation with Majorana zero modes (MZM) in a one-dimensional topological superconductor (1DTS). One of the leading methods to realize quantum gates in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-02 Marek Narozniak , Matthieu Dartiailh , Jonathan P. Dowling , Javad Shabani , Tim Byrnes

We consider different configurations of ac driven quantum dots coupled to superconductor leads where Majorana fermions can exist as collective quasiparticles. The main goal is to tune the existence, localization and properties of these zero…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-09-30 Mónica Benito , Gloria Platero

Topological superconductivity is one of the frontier research directions in condensed matter physics. One of the unique elementary excitations in topological superconducting state is the Majorana fermion (mode) which is its own antiparticle…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-11-25 Xiaoyu Chen , Mingyang Chen , Wen Duan , Huan Yang , Hai-Hu Wen

Because Majorana zero modes store quantum information non-locally, they are protected from noise, and have been proposed as a building block for a quantum computer. We show how to use the same protection from noise to implement universal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-06-05 T. E. O'Brien , P. Rożek , A. R. Akhmerov

The boundary of topological superconductors might lead to the appearance of Majorana edge modes, whose non-trivial exchange statistics can be used for topological quantum computing. In branched nanowire networks one can exchange Majorana…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-09 C. Tutschku , R. W. Reinthaler , C. Lei , A. H. MacDonald , E. M. Hankiewicz

Proposed approaches to topological quantum computation based on Majorana bound states may enable new paths to fault-tolerant quantum computing. Several recent experiments have suggested that the vortex cores of topological superconductors,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-09-08 Chengyun Hua , Gábor B. Halász , Eugene Dumitrescu , Matthew Brahlek , Benjamin Lawrie

Topological superconductors are exotic gapped phases of matter hosting Majorana mid-gap states on their boundary. In conventional topological superconductors, Majorana in-gap states appear in the form of either localized zero-dimensional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-10 Junyeong Ahn , Bohm-Jung Yang

Topological superconductivity is an exotic state of matter that supports Majorana zero-modes, which are surface modes in 3D, edge modes in 2D or localized end states in 1D. In the case of complete localization these Majorana modes obey…

Jones polynomials were introduced as a tool to distinguish between topologically different links. Recently, they emerged as the central building block of topological quantum computation: by braiding non-Abelian anyons it is possible to…

We demonstrate that a combination of Majorana edge modes (MEMs) and Majorana zero modes (MZMs) located in the vortex cores of two-dimensional topological superconductors represent a new platform for the efficient implementation of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-15 Jasmin Bedow , Dirk K. Morr

Topological superfluid, new quantum matter that possesses gapless exotic excitations known as Majorana fermions, has attracted extensive attention recently. These excitations, which can encode topological qubits, could be crucial…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-01-18 Liang-Liang Wang , Wu-Ming Liu

We consider a system consisting of a 2D network of links between Majorana fermions on superconducting islands. We show that the fermionic Hamiltonian modeling this system is topologically-ordered in a region of parameter space. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-07-25 Barbara M. Terhal , Fabian Hassler , David P. DiVincenzo

The creation of topological quantum gates using Majorana zero modes -- an outstanding problem in the field of topological quantum computing -- relies on our ability to control the braiding process of these particles in time and space. Here,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-02-13 Jasmin Bedow , Eric Mascot , Themba Hodge , Stephan Rachel , Dirk K. Morr

Topological quantum computation based on Majorana objects is subject to a significant challenge because at least some of the two-qubit quantum gates rely on the fermion (either charge or spin) parity of the qubits. This dependency renders…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-14 Ye-Min Zhan , Guan-Dong Mao , Yu-Ge Chen , Yue Yu , Xi Luo

We study Josephson junctions based on second-order topological superconductors (SOTSs) which can be realized in quantum spin Hall insulators with large inverted gap in proximity to unconventional superconductors. We find that tuning the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-01-22 Song-Bo Zhang , Björn Trauzettel

We show that topological phases should be realizable in readily available and well studied heterostructures. In particular we identify a new class of topological materials which are well known in spintronics: helical…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-01-26 Chien-Te Wu , Brandon M. Anderson , Wei-Han Hsiao , K. Levin

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

The non-Abelian braiding of Majorana fermions is one of the most promising operations providing a key building block for the realization of topological quantum computation. Recently, the chiral Majorana fermions were observed in a hybrid…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-29 Yan-Feng Zhou , Zhe Hou , Qing-Feng Sun

Topological superconductors can support localized Majorana states at their boundaries. These quasi-particle excitations have non-Abelian statistics that can be used to encode and manipulate quantum information in a topologically protected…