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Parafermions are non-Abelian anyons which generalize Majorana fermions and hold great promise for topological quantum computation. We study the braiding of $\mathbb{Z}_{2n}$ parafermions which have been predicted to emerge as bound states…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-01-22 Solofo Groenendijk , Alessio Calzona , Hugo Tschirhart , Edvin G. Idrisov , Thomas L. Schmidt

We theoretically report the emergence of $Z_4$ parafermion edge modes in a periodically driven spinful superconducting chain with modest fermionic Hubbard interaction. These parafermion edge modes represent $\pm \pi/(2T)$ quasienergy…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-04 Raditya Weda Bomantara

Motivated by recent theoretical progress demonstrating the existence of non-Abelian parafermion zero modes in domain walls on interfaces between two dimensional Abelian topological phases of matter, we investigate the properties of gapped…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-03-04 Luiz H. Santos

Parafermions are the simplest generalizations of Majorana fermions that realize topological order. We propose a less restrictive notion of topological order in 1D open chains, which generalizes the seminal work by Fendley [J. Stat. Mech.,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-09-07 A. Alexandradinata , N. Regnault , Chen Fang , Matthew J. Gilbert , B. Andrei Bernevig

We discuss a one-dimensional fermionic model with a generalized $\mathbb{Z}_{N}$ even multiplet pairing extending Kitaev $\mathbb{Z}_{2}$ chain. The system shares many features with models believed to host localized edge parafermions, the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-11-21 Leonardo Mazza , Fernando Iemini , Marcello Dalmonte , Christophe Mora

Parafermions modes are non-Abelian anyons which were introduced as $\mathbb{Z}_N$ generalizations of $\mathbb{Z}_2$ Majorana states. In particular, $\mathbb{Z}_3$ parafermions can be used to produce Fibonacci anyons, laying a path towards…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-05-17 Raphael L. R. C. Teixeira , Luis G. G. V. Dias da Silva

Recently, it has been proposed that exotic one-dimensional phases can be realized by gapping out the edge states of a fractional topological insulator. The low-energy edge degrees of freedom are described by a chain of coupled parafermions.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-10-11 Johannes Motruk , Ari M. Turner , Erez Berg , Frank Pollmann

Parafermions, which can be viewed as a fractionalized version of Majorana modes, exhibit profound non-Abelian statistics and emerge in topologically ordered systems, while their realization in experiment has been challenging. Here we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-05 Hong-Yu Wang , Xiong-Jun Liu

Parafermion zero modes are exotic emergent excitations that can be considered as $\mathbb{Z}_n$ generalizations of Majorana fermions. Present in fractional quantum Hall-superconductor hybrid systems, among others, they can serve as…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-01 Noam Schiller , Eyal Cornfeld , Erez Berg , Yuval Oreg

The Pfaffian quantum Hall states, which can be viewed as involving pairing either of spin-polarized electrons or of composite fermions, are generalized by finding the exact ground states of certain Hamiltonians with k+1-body interactions,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 N. Read , E. Rezayi

We propose an experimentally-feasible system based on spin transitions in the fractional quantum Hall effect regime where parafermions, high-order non-abelian excitations, can be potentially realized. We provide a proof-of-concept…

Advances in hybrid fractional quantum Hall (FQH)-superconductor platforms pave the way for realisation of parafermionic modes. We analyse signatures of these non-abelian anyons in transport measurements across devices with $\mathbb{Z}_6$…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-08 Ida E. Nielsen , Jens Schulenborg , Reinhold Egger , Michele Burrello

I discuss a one-dimensional model of interacting fermions which collective excitations are Z$_N$-parafermions. The phase diagram of this model contains ground states with Charge Density Wave and superconducting quasi long range order.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-08-13 A. M. Tsvelik

The emergence of non-Abelian anyons from large collections of interacting elementary particles is a conceptually beautiful phenomenon with important ramifications for fault-tolerant quantum computing. Over the last few decades the field has…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-09-08 Jason Alicea , Ady Stern

Parafermion zero modes can arise in hybrid structures composed of $\nu=1/m$ fractional quantum Hall edges proximitized with an s-wave superconductor. Here we consider parafermion and Cooper pair tunneling, and backscattering in a junction…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-04-09 Junyi Cao , Angela Kou , Eduardo Fradkin

Parafermion bound states (PBSs) are generalizations of Majorana bound states (MBSs) and have been predicted to exist as zero-energy eigenstates in proximitized fractional quantum Hall edge states. Similarly to MBSs, a finite distance…

Heterostructures formed by quantum Hall systems and superconductors have recently been shown to support widely coveted Majorana fermion zero-modes and still more exotic `parafermionic' generalizations. Here we establish that probing such…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-11-11 David J. Clarke , Jason Alicea , Kirill Shtengel

The concept of free fermion topology has been generalized to $d$-dimensional phases that exhibit $(d-n)$-dimensional boundary modes, such as zero-dimensional (0D) corner excitations. Motivated by recent extensions of these ideas to magnetic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-12-22 Arijit Haldar , Geremia Massarelli , Arun Paramekanti

Parafermions with non-Abelian statistics have been proposed as a promising platform for quantum computation, potentially enabling a broader set of topologically protected gates than Majorana fermions. The experimental and theoretical…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-05-11 Botond Osváth , Gergely Barcza , László Oroszlány

The study of gapped quantum many-body systems in three spatial dimensions has uncovered the existence of quantum states hosting quasiparticles that are confined, not by energetics but by the structure of local operators, to move along lower…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-11-06 Daniel Bulmash , Maissam Barkeshli