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Being motivated by intriguing phenomena such as the breakdown of conventional bulk boundary correspondence and emergence of skin modes in the context of non-Hermitian (NH) topological insulators, we here propose a NH second-order…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-10-21 Arnob Kumar Ghosh , Tanay Nag

We consider a new model system supporting Majorana zero modes based on semiconductor nanowires with a full superconducting shell. We demonstrate that, in the presence of spin-orbit coupling in the semiconductor induced by a radial electric…

The non-Abelian statistics of Majorana zero modes (MZMs) are central to fault-tolerant topological quantum computing. Planar Josephson junctions provide a particularly versatile platform for realizing robust topological superconductivity…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-01-29 Richang Huang , Yongliang Hu , Xianzhang Chen , Peng Yu , Siwei Tan , Igor Zutic , Tong Zhou

It is difficult to unambiguously confirm the existence of Majorana zero modes (MZMs) due to the absence of smoking-gun signatures in charge transport measurements. Recent studies suggest that the spin degree of freedom of MZMs may provide…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-01 Li Chen , Ying-Hai Wu , Xin Liu

Zero-bias charge conductance peak (ZBCCP) is a significant symbol of Majorana zero modes (MZMs). The proximity effect of s-wave superconductor is usually demanded in the fabrication of MZMs. So in transport experiments, the system is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-30 Yue Mao , Qing-Feng Sun

It has been proposed that a line junction between spiral magnet and superconductor or between ferromagnet and superconductor with Rashba spin-orbital coupling can produce Majorana zero mode (MZM) at the ends of the line. However, a strong…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-03-19 Wenjie Ji , Xiao-Gang Wen

In the presence of Rashba spin-orbit coupling, magnetic field can drive a proximitized nanowire into a topological superconducting phase. We study transport properties of such nanowires in the Coulomb blockade regime. The associated with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-08-09 Roman M. Lutchyn , Leonid I. Glazman

Non-Abelian anyons such as Majorana zero modes (MZMs) have the potential to enable fault-tolerant quantum computing through topological protection. Experimentally reported InSb topological superconductor nanowires (TSNW) are investigated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-16 Mirko Poljak

Noncentrosymmetric superconductors with line nodes are expected to possess topologically protected flat zero-energy bands of surface states, which can be described as Majorana modes. We here investigate their fate if residual interactions…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-02-05 Janna E. Rückert , Gergő Roósz , Carsten Timm

To realize Majorana fermions having novel physical features has been developed as a key while difficult task in topological superconductor. Here we have proposed another platform to generate Majorana zero modes (MZMs), which is constructed…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-07-02 Song Chen , Hua-Hua Fu

The prospect of using semiconductor quantum dots as an experimental tool to distinguish Majorana zero modes (MZMs) from other zero-energy excitations such as Kondo resonances has brought up the fundamental question of whether topological…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-03-04 Joelson F. Silva , Luis G. G. V. Dias da Silva , E. Vernek

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

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

We consider the correlated parallel transport through two quantum dots which are tunnel-coupled to the ends of a semiconductor nanowire where the Majorana bound states (MBSs) may emerge under proper conditions. In terms of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-12-16 Peiyue Wang , Yunshan Cao , Ming Gong , Gang Xiong , Xin-Qi Li

Majorana zero-modes (MZMs) are spatially-localized zero-energy fractional quasiparticles with non-Abelian braiding statistics that hold a great promise for topological quantum computing. Due to its particle-antiparticle equivalence, an MZM…

A clear demonstration of topological superconductivity (TS) and Majorana zero modes remains one of the major pending goal in the field of topological materials. One common strategy to generate TS is through the coupling of an s-wave…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-12-23 P. San-Jose , J. L. Lado , R. Aguado , F. Guinea , J. Fernández-Rossier

Majorana zero modes (MZMs) have been predicted to exist in the topological insulator (TI)/superconductor (SC) heterostructure. Recent spin polarized scanning tunneling microscope (STM) experiment$^{1}$ has observed spin-polarization…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-02-02 Lun-Hui Hu , Chuang Li , Dong-Hui Xu , Yi Zhou , Fu-Chun Zhang

The unambiguous detection of the Majorana zero mode (MZM), which is essential for future topological quantum computing, has been a challenge in recent condensed matter experiments. The MZM is expected to emerge at the vortex core of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-08-03 Tadashi Machida , Tetsuo Hanaguri

We investigate a paradigmatic case of topological superconductivity in a one-dimensional nanowire with $d-$orbitals and a strong interplay of spin-orbital degrees of freedom due to the competition of orbital Rashba interaction, atomic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-12-19 J. Settino , F. Forte , C. A. Perroni , V. Cataudella , M. Cuoco , R. Citro

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