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Majorana zero modes are central to the pursuit of fault-tolerant topological quantum computation. While traditionally sought in one-dimensional hybrid nanowires, a robust alternative platform involves heterostructures combining…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-11 A. S. Slobodskoi , S. S. Apostoloff , I. S. Burmistrov

We propose a route to detect Majorana bound states (MBSs) by coupling a topological superconductor to quantum dots (QDs) in a $pnp$ junction. Here, two MBSs are coherently coupled to electrons on two QDs, which recombine with holes to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-07-18 Lena Bittermann , Fernando Dominguez , Patrik Recher

The observation by scanning tunnelling spectroscopy (STS) of Abrikosov vortex cores in the high-temperature superconductor YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ (Y123) has revealed a robust pair of electron-hole symmetric states at finite subgap…

Zero--energy Majorana quasiparticles can be induced at the edge of a low dimensional systems. Non--Abelian statistics of this state makes it a good candidate for the realization of quantum computing. From the practical point of view, it is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-04 Aksel Kobiałka , Andrzej Ptok

In recent years there has been an intensive search for Majorana fermion states in condensed matter systems. Predicted to be localized on cores of vortices in certain non-conventional superconductors, their presence is known to render the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-10-30 Eytan Grosfeld , Ady Stern

The observation of zero-bias conductance peaks in vortex cores of certain Fe-based superconductors has sparked renewed interest in vortex-bound Majorana states. These materials are believed to be intrinsically topological in their bulk…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-09-13 Zhibo Ren , Justin Copenhaver , Leonid Rokhinson , Jukka I. Väyrynen

Majorana bound states (MBSs) located at the ends of a hybrid superconductor-semiconductor nanowire are only true zero modes if their characteristic localization length is much smaller than the nanowire length, $\xi_M\ll L$. Otherwise, their…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-13 Carlos Payá , Pablo San-Jose , Carlos J. Sánchez Martínez , Ramón Aguado , Elsa Prada

Electron teleportation via two separate Majorana bound states(MBSs) is a manifestation of the non-locality of MBSs. A superconductor may host multiple separate or partial overlapping MBSs, and it is difficult to distinguish them. Here, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-06-27 Zhen-Tao Zhang , Bao-Long Liang , Zhen-Shan Yang

Vortex lattice states occurring in noncentrosymmetric superconductors with the spin-orbit coupling of Rashba type under a magnetic field parallel to the symmetry plane are examined by assuming the $s$-wave pairing case and in an approach…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-10-14 Yuichiro Dan , Ryusuke Ikeda

We demonstrate that in two-dimensional noncentrosymmetric s-wave superconductors under applied magnetic fields for a particular electron density, topological order emerges, and there exists a zero energy Majorana fermion mode in a vortex…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 Satoshi Fujimoto

Majorana bound states (MBSs) are building blocks for topological quantum computing. They can be generated via the combination of electronic topology and superconductivity. To achieve logic operations via Majorana braiding, positional…

Second-order topological superconductors (SOTSs) host localized Majorana fermions and provide a new platform for topological quantum computation. We propose a remarkable and feasible way to realize networks based on SOTSs which allow to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-09-16 Song-Bo Zhang , Alessio Calzona , Björn Trauzettel

We studied electronic states in vortex cores of slightly overdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox by scanning tunneling spectroscopy. We have found that they have stripe structures with a 4a0 width extending along the Cu-O bond directions. Vortex core…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-07-17 Shunsuke Yoshizawa , Taiji Koseki , Ken Matsuba , Takashi Mochiku , Kazuto Hirata , Nobuhiko Nishida

We study Andreev bound state (ABS) and surface density of state (SDOS) of non-centrosymmetric superconductor where spin-singlet $d$-wave pairing mixes with spin-triplet $p$ (or $f)$-wave one by spin-orbit coupling. For $d_{xy} + p$-wave…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-07-05 Keiji Yada , Masatoshi Sato , Yukio Tanaka , Takehito Yokoyama

The Majorana zero mode (MZM), which manifests as an exotic neutral excitation in superconductors, is the building block of topological quantum computing. It has recently been found in the vortices of several iron-based superconductors as a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-04-11 C. Chen , Q. Liu , T. Z. Zhang , D. Li , P. P. Shen , X. L. Dong , Z. -X. Zhao , T. Zhang , D. L. Feng

We investigate the local density of states, spectral function, and superconducting pair amplitudes for signatures of Majorana fermions in vortex cores in ferromagnetic and spin-orbit coupled semiconductor-superconductor heterostructures. We…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-09-06 Kristofer Björnson , Annica M. Black-Schaffer

Edge states forming at the boundaries of topologically non-trivial phases of matter are promising candidates for future device applications because of their stability against local perturbations. Magnetically ordered spin chains…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-05-31 Lucas Schneider , Philip Beck , Levente Rózsa , Thore Posske , Jens Wiebe , Roland Wiesendanger

Majorana zero modes are quasiparticle excitations in condensed matter systems that have been proposed as building blocks of fault-tolerant quantum computers [1]. They are expected to exhibit non-Abelian particle statistics, in contrast to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-18 S. M. Albrecht , A. P. Higginbotham , M. Madsen , F. Kuemmeth , T. S. Jespersen , J. Nygård , P. Krogstrup , C. M. Marcus

Majorana zero modes (MZMs) emerge as edge states in topological superconductors and are promising for topological quantum computation, but their detection has so far been elusive. Here we show that non-Hermiticity can be used to obtain…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-08-25 R. Arouca , Jorge Cayao , Annica M. Black-Schaffer

Topological superconductors, such as noncentrosymmetric superconductors with strong spin-orbit coupling, exhibit protected zero-energy surface states, which possess an intricate helical spin structure. We show that this nontrival spin…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-10-10 Johannes S. Hofmann , Raquel Queiroz , Andreas P. Schnyder