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Topological quantum computing promises error-resistant quantum computation without active error correction. However, there is a worry that during the process of executing quantum gates by braiding anyons around each other, extra anyonic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-08-05 Chris Cesare , Andrew J. Landahl , Dave Bacon , Steven T. Flammia , Alice Neels

We present a new implementation of quantum computation that treats quantum computers as a special type of Bayesian Network called a QuDot Net. QuDot Nets allow for the efficient representation of some qubit systems. Single qubit quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-07-28 Perry Sakkaris

Quantum phase transitions (QPTs), including symmetry breaking and topological types, always associated with gap closing and opening. We analyze the topological features of the quantum phase boundary of the XY model in a transverse magnetic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-04-17 X. M. Yang , G. Zhang , Z. Song

We demonstrate how quantum interference may lead to the appearance of robust edge-like states of a single ultracold atom in a two-dimensional optical ribbon. We show that these states can be engineered either within the manifold of local…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-19 G. Pelegrí , J. Polo , A. Turpin , M. Lewenstein , J. Mompart , V. Ahufinger

We study dynamics of a single qubit encoded in two pairs of Majorana modes, whereby each pair is hosted on a trijunction described by the Kitaev model extended by many-body interactions. We demonstrated that the challenging phase-gate may…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-01-09 Andrzej Więckowski , Marcin Mierzejewski , Michał Kupczyński

Debugging quantum states transformations is an important task of modern quantum computing. The use of quantum tomography for these purposes significantly expands the range of possibilities. However, the presence of preparation and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-01-11 B. I. Bantysh , Yu. I. Bogdanov

Floquet Majorana edge modes capture the topological features of periodically driven superconductors. We present a Kitaev chain with multiple time periodic driving and demonstrate how the avoidance of bands crossing is altered, which gives…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-25 Huan-Yu Wang , Lin Zhuang , W. M. Liu

We investigate electron transport inside a ring system composed of a quantum dot (QD) coupled to two Majorana bound states confined at the ends of a one-dimensional topological superconductor nanowire. By tuning the magnetic flux threading…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-16 Qi-Bo Zeng , Shu Chen , L. You , Rong Lv

The search for conditions supporting degenerate steady states in nonequilibrium topological superconductors is important for advancing dissipative quantum engineering, a field that has attracted significant research attention over the past…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-20 M. S. Shustin , S. V. Aksenov , I. S. Burmistrov

Artificial Kitaev chains engineered from semiconducting quantum dots coupled by superconducting segments offer a promising route to realize and control Majorana bound states for topological quantum computation. We study a dimerized Kitaev…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-15 Rafael Pineda Medina , Pablo Burset , William J. Herrera

We study the coupling between a singlet-triplet qubit realized in a double quantum dot to a topological qubit realized by spatially well-separated Majorana bound states. We demonstrate that the singlet-triplet qubit can be leveraged for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-24 Marko J. Rančić , Silas Hoffman , Constantin Schrade , Jelena Klinovaja , Daniel Loss

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 explore the interplay between topologies in the momentum and real spaces to formulate a thermodynamic description of nonequilibrium injection of topological charges under external bias. We show that the edge modes engendered by the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-09 Mostafa Tanhayi Ahari , Shu Zhang , Ji Zou , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak

The study of quantum state transfer has led to a variety of research efforts utilizing quantum simulators. By exploiting the tunability of the qubit frequency and qubit-qubit coupling, a superconducting qubit chain can simulate various…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-03 Chong Wang , Xiu Gu , Shu Chen , Yu-xi Liu

Topological superconductors are believed to host exotic quasiparticle excitations known as Majorana zero-modes, with much of the evidence based on BCS mean-field theory. The direct application of mean-field arguments is tenuous in finite,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-09-03 Jaden Thomas-Markarian , Kartiek Agarwal , Ivar Martin

We investigate the nature of the topological quantum phase transition between the gapless and gapped Kitaev quantum spin liquid phases away from the exactly solvable point. The transition is driven by anisotropy of the Kitaev couplings. At…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-10-03 Huanzhi Hu , Frank Krüger

In this article, we study the quantum transport through a single-level quantum-dot in Kondo regime, coupled to current leads and embedded between two one-dimensional topological superconductors, each hosting Majorana zero modes at their…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-05-24 G. A. Lara , J. P. Ramos-Andrade , D. Zambrano , P. A. Orellana

Topological edge states in electromagnetic systems feature a set of attracting fundamental properties and unveil prospective applications based on disorder robustness and tailored localization. Despite active efforts in implementing…

Quantum Hall edge states are the paradigmatic example of the bulk-boundary correspondence. They are prone to intricate reconstructions calling for their detailed investigation at high spatial resolution. Here, we map quantum Hall edge…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-04-07 T. Johnsen , C. Schattauer , S. Samaddar , A. Weston , M. Hamer , K. Watanabe , T. Taniguchi , R. Gorbachev , F. Libisch , M. Morgenstern

If a quantum dot is coupled to a topological superconductor via tunneling contacts, each contact hosts a Majorana zero mode in the limit of zero transmission. Close to a resonance and at a finite contact transparency, the resonant level in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-11 Max Geier , Svend Krøjer , Felix von Oppen , Charles M. Marcus , Karsten Flensberg , Piet W. Brouwer