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We consider a quantum wire, containing two Majorana bound states (MBS) at its ends that are coupled to a current lead on one side and to a quantum dot (QD) on the other side. Using the method of full counting statistics we calculate the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-16 Alexander Schuray , Luzie Weithofer , Patrik Recher

We study a series of dynamical protocols which involve periodically driving a quantum dot coupled to a putative nanowire hosting Majorana zero modes (MZMs) to i) reduce the hybridization between MZMs, ii) improve the coherence of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-04-18 Brett Min , Bastien Fajardo , T. Pereg-Barnea , Kartiek Agarwal

The Kitaev chain has been extensively explored in the context of uniform couplings, with studies focusing either on purely nearest-neighbor interactions or on systems dominated by long-range superconducting pairing. Building on these…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-25 Rajiv Kumar , Rohit Kumar Shukla , Levan Chotorlishvili , Sunil Kumar Mishra

We investigate the topological properties of spin polarized fermionic polar molecules loaded in a multi-layer structure with the electric dipole moment polarized to the normal direction. When polar molecules are paired by attractive…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-05-01 Ching-Yu Huang , Yen-Ting Lin , Hao Lee , Daw-Wei Wang

Braiding and fusion of Majorana zero modes are key elements of any future topological Majorana-based quantum computer. Here, we investigate the fusion dynamics of Majorana zero modes in the spinless Kitaev model, as well as in a spinful…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-23 Themba Hodge , Tuan Kieu , Jasmin Bedow , Eric Mascot , Dirk K. Morr , Stephan Rachel

We propose Majorana-assisted nonlocal spin correlation as a manifestation of Majorana nonlocality in quasi-one-dimensional (1D) Kitaev spin liquids. Focusing on the flux-free sector of the Kitaev honeycomb model in a quasi-1D geometry, we…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-03-27 Yuki Yamazaki , Shingo Kobayashi , Akira Furusaki

The Kibble-Zurek mechanism (KZM) is generalized to a class of multi-level systems and applied to study the quenching dynamics of one-dimensional (1D) topological superconductors (TS) with open ends. Unlike the periodic boundary condition,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-07-24 Minchul Lee , Seungju Han , Mahn-Soo Choi

We study the quasiparticle spectrum of a hybrid system, comprising a correlated (Anderson-type) quantum dot coupled to a topological superconducting nanowire hosting the Majorana boundarymodes. From the exact solution of the low-energy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-21 Jan Barański , Magdalena Barańska , Tomasz Zienkiewicz , Tadeusz Domański

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

Contemporary quantum devices are reaching new limits in size and complexity, allowing for the experimental exploration of emergent quantum modes. However, this increased complexity introduces significant challenges in device tuning and…

It is well known that non-Abelian Majorana zero modes (MZM) harbor at vortex cores in a $p_{x}+\text{i}p_{y}$ topological superconductor, which can be realized in a 2D spin-orbit coupled system with a single Fermi surface and by proximity…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-07-31 Cheung Chan , Lin Zhang , Ting Fung Jeffrey Poon , Ying-Ping He , Yan-Qi Wang , Xiong-Jun Liu

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

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

Few-site Kitaev chains are promising for realizing Majorana zero modes without topological protection but fully nonlocal, which are known as poor man's Majorana modes. While several signatures have already been reported both theoretically…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-06 Jorge Cayao

We propose a nanodevice based on multi-terminal Josephson junctions for the creation and detection of poor man's Majorana (PMM) modes. The device consists of a double three-terminal Josephson junction (3TJJ) embedded in a planar…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-03 Samuel D. Escribano , Anders Enevold Dahl , Karsten Flensberg , Yuval Oreg

Majorana zero modes (MZMs) are non-Abelian quasiparticles with the potential to serve as topological qubits for fault-tolerant quantum computing due to their ability to encode quantum information nonlocally. In multi-Majorana systems…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-23 Bai-Ting Liu , Peng Qian , Zhan Cao , Dong E. Liu

The braiding of Majorana zero modes (MZMs) forms the fundamental building block for topological quantum computation. Braiding protocols which involve the physical exchange of MZMs are typically envisioned on a network of topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-26 Bill P. Truong , Kartiek Agarwal , T. Pereg-Barnea

The signatures of Majorana zero-energy mode leaking into a spin-charge entangled double quantum dot are investigated theoretically in the strong electron correlation regime. The considered setup consists of two capacitively coupled quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-05 Piotr Majek , Ireneusz Weymann

We study the Majorana modes, both equilibrium and Floquet, which can appear at the edges of the Kitaev model on the honeycomb lattice. We first present the analytical solutions known for the equilibrium Majorana edge modes for both zigzag…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Manisha Thakurathi , K. Sengupta , Diptiman Sen

Spatial separation of Majorana zero modes distinguishes trivial from topological midgap states and is key to topological protection in quantum computing applications. Although signatures of Majorana zero modes in tunneling spectroscopy have…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-28 M. T. Deng , S. Vaitiekénas , E. Prada , P. San-Jose , J. Nygård , P. Krogstrup , R. Aguado , C. M. Marcus