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Metastability is ubiquitous in diverse complex systems. In open quantum systems, metastability offers protection against dissipation and decoherence, yet its application in quantum batteries remains unexplored. We propose a solid-state open…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Yuanjin Wang , Hao Wu , Qing Zhao

We study the stability of the topological quantum computation proposals involving Majorana fermions against thermal fluctuations. We use a minimal realistic model of a spinless px+ipy superconductor and consider effect of excited midgap…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-04-25 Meng Cheng , Roman M. Lutchyn , S. Das Sarma

Open quantum systems evolving according to discrete-time dynamics are capable, unlike continuous-time counterparts, to converge to a stable equilibrium in finite time with zero error. We consider dissipative quantum circuits consisting of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-07-11 Peter D. Johnson , Francesco Ticozzi , Lorenza Viola

We propose and theoretically investigate an alternative way to create the poor man's Majorana bound states (MBSs) introduced in Phys. Rev. B 86, 134528 (2012). Our proposal is based on two quantum dots (QDs) with strong electron-electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-11-29 Athanasios Tsintzis , Rubén Seoane Souto , Martin Leijnse

We investigate the use of quantum-jump-based feedback to manipulate the stability of multipartite entangled dark states in an open quantum system. Using the model proposed in Phys. Rev. A 76, 010301(R) (2007) for a pair of atoms, we show a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 R. N. Stevenson , J. J. Hope , A. R. R. Carvalho

While traditionally regarded as an obstacle to quantum coherence, recent breakthroughs in quantum optics have shown that the dissipative interaction of a qubit with its environment can be leveraged to protect quantum states and synthesize…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-08 Xin Li , Jamir Marino , Darrick E. Chang , Benedetta Flebus

Tunability of an artificial quantum system is crucial to its capability to process quantum information. However, tunability usually poses significant demand on the design and fabrication of a device. In this work, we demonstrate that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-04-25 Yuan Zhou , Sisi Gu , Ke Wang , Gang Cao , Xuedong Hu , Ming Gong , Hai-Ou Li , Guo-Ping Guo

Majorana zero modes (MZMs) emerging at the edges of topological superconducting wires have been proposed as the building blocks of novel, fault-tolerant quantum computation protocols. Coherent detection and manipulation of such states in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-28 Jesus D. Cifuentes , Luis G. G. V. Dias da Silva

We present a new variational method, based on the matrix product operator (MPO) ansatz, for finding the steady state of dissipative quantum chains governed by master equations of the Lindblad form. Instead of requiring an accurate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-10 Jian Cui , J. Ignacio Cirac , Mari Carmen Bañuls

Majorana-based quantum computation in nanowires and neutral atoms has gained prominence as a promising platform to encode qubits and protect them against noise. In order to run computations reliably on such devices, a fully fault-tolerant…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-17 Maryam Mudassar , Alexander Schuckert , Daniel Gottesman

Topological Quantum Computing has largely evolved towards a paradigm of manipulating edge localized Majorana within $p$-wave topological superconducting nanowires. To bridge the gap between physical qubit systems and quantum algorithms, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Adrian D. Scheppe , Michael V. Pak

We investigate hybrid structures based on a bilayer quantum spin Hall system in proximity to an s-wave superconductor as a platform to mimic time-reversal symmetric topological superconductors. In this bilayer setup, the induced pairing can…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-27 F. Schulz , J. C. Budich , E. G. Novik , P. Recher , B. Trauzettel

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

It has been proposed that localized zero-energy Majorana states can be realized in a two-dimensional network of quasi-one-dimensional semiconductor wires that are proximity-coupled to a bulk superconductor. The wires should have strong…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-03 Bertrand I. Halperin , Yuval Oreg , Ady Stern , Gil Refael , Jason Alicea , Felix von Oppen

We study a series of dynamical protocols which involve periodically driving a quantum dot coupled to a putative nanowire hosting Majorana zero modes (MZMs) to i) reduce the hybridization between MZMs, ii) improve the coherence of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-04-18 Brett Min , Bastien Fajardo , T. Pereg-Barnea , Kartiek Agarwal

Based on recent work on the asymptotic behavior of controlled quantum Markovian dynamics, we show that any generic quantum state can be stabilized by devising constructively a simple Lindblad-GKS generator that can achieve global asymptotic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-12-21 Francesco Ticozzi , Sophie G. Schirmer , Xiaoting Wang

We propose a new method for pure-state and subspace preparation in quantum systems, which employs the output of a continuous measurement process and switching dissipative control to improve convergence speed, as well as robustness with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-24 Tommaso Grigoletto , Francesco Ticozzi

We present a theoretical analysis of a Majorana-based qubit consisting of two topological superconducting islands connected via a Josephson junction. The qubit is operated by electrostatic gates which control the coupling of two of the four…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-29 Tommy Li , William A. Coish , Michael Hell , Karsten Flensberg , Martin Leijnse

Manipulating the state of a logical quantum bit usually comes at the expense of exposing it to decoherence. Fault-tolerant quantum computing tackles this problem by manipulating quantum information within a stable manifold of a larger…

We evaluate theoretically the possibility to realize Majorana zero modes in hybrid devices made from topological-insulator (TI) nanowires proximity-coupled to a superconductor. Such systems have been suggested as building blocks of future…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-31 Leonard Kaufhold , Achim Rosch