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We theoretically study quantum transport through a quantum dot coupled to Majorana bound states confined at the ends of a topological superconducting nanowire. The topological superconductor forms a loop and is threaded by a tunable…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-04-25 Levente Máthé , Doru Sticlet , Liviu P. Zârbo

We consider transport properties of a hybrid device composed by a quantum dot placed between normal and superconducting reservoirs, and coupled to a Majorana nanowire: a topological superconducting segment hosting Majorana zero-modes at the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-09-03 L. S. Ricco , J. E. Sanches , Y. Marques , M. de Souza , M. S. Figueira , I. A. Shelykh , A. C. Seridonio

We study a disordered superconducting nanowire, with broken time-reversal and spin-rotational symmetry, which can be driven into a topological phase with end Majorana bound states by an externally applied magnetic field. As a function of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-11-22 Benjamin M. Fregoso , Alejandro M. Lobos , S. Das Sarma

We propose and analyze theoretically an experimental setup for detecting the elusive Majorana particle in semiconductor-superconductor heterostructures. The experimental system consists of one-dimensional semiconductor wire with strong…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-08-16 Roman M. Lutchyn , Jay D. Sau , S. Das Sarma

We study the quasiparticle states and nonlocal correlations of a hybrid structure, comprising two quantum dots interconnected through a short-length topological superconducting nanowire hosting overlaping Majorana modes. We show that the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-07-09 G. Górski , K. P. Wójcik , J. Barański , I. Weymann , T. Domański

Semiconducting-superconducting nanowires attract widespread interest owing to the possible presence of non-abelian Majorana zero modes, which hold promise for topological quantum computation. However, the search for Majorana signatures is…

One-dimensional topological superconductors are known to host Majorana zero modes at domain walls terminating the topological phase. Their nonabelian nature allows for processing quantum information by braiding operations which are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-11-27 Torsten Karzig , Gil Refael , Felix von Oppen

In this paper, we investigate the non-Markovian quantum transport dynamics of a two-terminal Majorana device that is made of an asymmetric topological superconducting chain coupled to two leads. This asymmetric superconducting chain is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-07-20 Chuan-Zhe Yao , Wei-Min Zhang

We explore the tunneling transport properties of a quantum dot embedded in an optical microcavity and coupled to a semiconductor-superconductor one-dimensional nanowire (Majorana nanowire) hosting Majorana zero modes (MZMs) at their edges.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-09 L. S. Ricco , V. K. Kozin , A. C. Seridonio , I. A. Shelykh

Majorana modes emerge in non-trivial topological phases at the edges of some specific materials, like proximitized semiconducting nanowires under a external magnetic field. Ideally, they are non-local states that are charge neutral…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-13 Samuel D. Escribano , Alfredo Levy Yeyati , Elsa Prada

A minimal model for the hybrid superconductor-semiconductor nanowire Majorana platform is developed that fully captures the effects of the low-energy renormalization of the nanowire modes arising from the presence of the parent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-07-26 Tudor D. Stanescu , Sankar Das Sarma

In superconductor-semiconductor hybrids, applying a magnetic field closes a trivial bulk gap and causes a topological phase transition (TPT), resulting in the emergence of Majorana zero modes at both ends of the wires. However, trivial…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-11-06 Takeshi Mizushima , Yukio Tanaka , Jorge Cayao

Quantum thermodynamics is a promising route to unambiguous detections of Majorana bound states. Being fundamentally different from quantum transport, this approach reveals unique Majorana thermodynamic behavior and deepens our insight into…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-12 Sergey Smirnov

We demonstrate that nonequilibrium nanoscopic systems with Majorana zero modes admit special kind of universality which cannot be classified as of strictly transport or strictly thermodynamic nature. To reveal such kind of Majorana…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-19 Sergey Smirnov

We propose an experimental setup for detecting a Majorana zero mode consisting of a spinless quantum dot coupled to the end of a p-wave superconducting nanowire. The Majorana bound state at the end of the wire strongly influences the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-22 Dong E. Liu , Harold U. Baranger

Topological superconductors can host Majorana quasiparticles which supersede the fermion/boson dichotomy and offer a pathway to fault tolerant quantum computation. In one-dimensional systems zero-energy Majorana states are bound to the ends…

Building a fault-tolerant quantum computer requires physical qubits with exceptionally low error rates. Majorana-based tetron qubits are predicted to exhibit error rates that decrease exponentially with inverse temperature and length of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-25 M. C. Goffage , A. Alase , M. C. Cassidy , S. N. Coppersmith

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…

Majorana zero modes are localized quasiparticles that obey non-Abelian exchange statistics. Braiding Majorana zero modes forms the basis of topologically protected quantum operations which could in principle significantly reduce qubit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-14 Hao Zhang , Dong E. Liu , Michael Wimmer , Leo P. Kouwenhoven

We examine the transport properties of a double quantum dot system coupled to a topological superconducting nanowire hosting Majorana quasiparticles at its ends, with the central quantum dot attached to the left and right leads. We focus on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-21 Piotr Majek , Ireneusz Weymann