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Topological quantum computation provides an elegant way around decoherence, as one encodes quantum information in a non-local fashion that the environment finds difficult to corrupt. Here we establish that one of the key…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Jason Alicea , Yuval Oreg , Gil Refael , Felix von Oppen , Matthew P. A. Fisher

Topological quantum computing holding global anti-interference ability is realized by braiding some anyons, such as well-known Fibonacci anyons. Here, based on $SO(3)_2 $ theory we obtain a total of 6 anyon models utilizing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-18 Jiangwei Long , Jianxin Zhong , Lijun Meng

Braiding of anyons such as Majoranas or parafermions provides only Clifford gates which do not form a universal set of quantum gates. We propose a robust and resource-efficient scheme to perform a non-Clifford gate on a logical qudit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-18 Arpit Dua , Boris Malomed , Meng Cheng , Liang Jiang

We present designs for scalable quantum computers composed of qubits encoded in aggregates of four or more Majorana zero modes, realized at the ends of topological superconducting wire segments that are assembled into superconducting…

We describe how continuous-variable abelian anyons, created on the surface of a continuous-variable analogue of Kitaev's lattice model can be utilized for quantum computation. In particular, we derive protocols for the implementation of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-30 Darran F. Milne , Natalia V. Korolkova , Peter van Loock

Non-Abelian topological order (TO) enables topologically protected quantum computation with its anyonic quasiparticles. Recently, TO with $S_3$ gauge symmetry was identified as a sweet spot -- simple enough to emerge from finite-depth…

A universal quantum computer requires a full set of basic quantum gates. With Majorana bound states one can form all necessary quantum gates in a topologically protected way, bar one. In this manuscript we present a protocol that achieves…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-17 Torsten Karzig , Yuval Oreg , Gil Refael , Michael H. Freedman

Majorana edge modes are candidate elements of topological quantum computing. In this work, we purpose a Floquet engineering approach to generate arbitrarily many non-Hermitian Majorana zero and $\pi$ modes at the edges of a one-dimensional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-17 Longwen Zhou

We introduce the Mixed-Integer Quadratically Constrained Quadratic Programming framework for the quantum compilation problem and apply it in the context of topological quantum computing. In this setting, quantum gates are realized by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-13 Pavel Rytir , Phillip C. Burke , Christos Aravanis , Jiri Vala , Jakub Marecek

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 chiral $p$-wave superconductor/superfluid in two dimensions (2D) is the simplest and most robust system for topological quantum computation . Candidates for such topological superconductors/superfluids in nature are very rare. A widely…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-03-27 Xi Luo , Yu-Ge Chen , Ziqiang Wang , Yue Yu

Majorana modes, typically arising at the edges of one-dimensional topological superconductors, are considered to be a promising candidate for encoding nonlocal qubits in fault-tolerant quantum computation. Here we propose to exploit the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-11 Raditya Weda Bomantara , Jiangbin Gong

We examine a class of operations for topological quantum computation based on fusing and measuring topological charges for systems with SU$(2)_4$ or $k=4$ Jones-Kauffman anyons. We show that such operations augment the braiding operations,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-07-02 Claire Levaillant , Bela Bauer , Michael Freedman , Zhenghan Wang , Parsa Bonderson

Majorana-based quantum computation seeks to encode information non-locally in pairs of Majorana zero modes, thereby isolating qubit states from a local noisy environment. In addition to long coherence times, the attractiveness of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-18 Christina Knapp , Jukka I. Väyrynen , Roman M. Lutchyn

Electrons are indivisible elementary particles, yet paradoxically a collection of them can act as a fraction of a single electron, exhibiting exotic and useful properties. One such collective excitation, known as a topological Majorana…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-25 Nikhil Harle , Oles Shtanko , Ramis Movassagh

Chiral Majorana edge modes are theoretically proposed to perform braiding operations for the potential quantum computation. Here, we suggest a scheme to regulate trajectories of the chiral Majorana fermion based on a quantum anomalous Hall…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-12-10 Qing Yan , Yan-Feng Zhou , Qing-Feng Sun

A quantum computer can perform exponentially faster than its classical counterpart. It works on the principle of superposition. But due to the decoherence effect, the superposition of a quantum state gets destroyed by the interaction with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-28 Muhammad Ilyas , Shawn Cui , Marek Perkowski

Topological quantum computation, featuring qubits built out of anyonic excitations known as Majorana zero modes (MZMs), have long presented an exciting pathway towards scalable quantum computation. Recently, the advent of altermagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-11 Themba Hodge , Eric Mascot , Stephan Rachel

A topological quantum computer should allow intrinsically fault-tolerant quantum computation, but there remains uncertainty about how such a computer can be implemented. It is known that topological quantum computation can be implemented…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-06-22 Ben W. Reichardt

Majorana fermions subject to the non-Abelian braid group are believed to be the basic ingredients of future topological quantum computations. In this work, we propose to simulate Majorana fermions of the Kitaev model in electric circuits…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-13 Motohiko Ezawa