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The search for robust topological superconductivity and Majorana bound states continues, exploring both one-dimensional (1D) systems such as semiconducting nanowires and two-dimensional (2D) platforms. In this work we study a 2D approach…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-04-21 Fernando Peñaranda , Ramón Aguado , Elsa Prada , Pablo San-Jose

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

We theoretically investigate the localization properties of Majorana states (MSs) in proximitized, planar Josephson Junctions (JJs) oriented along different crystallographic orientations and in the presence of an in-plane magnetic field and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-11 A. P. Garrido , P. A. Orellana , A. Matos-Abiague

Amplifiers based on Josephson junctions allow for a fast and noninvasive readout of superconducting qubits. Motivated by the ongoing progress toward the realization of fault-tolerant qubits based on Majorana bound states, we investigate the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-07-19 Samuel Boutin , Pedro L. S. Lopes , Anqi Mu , Udson C. Mendes , Ion Garate

The demonstration of the non-Abelian properties of Majorana bound states (MBS) is a crucial step toward topological quantum computing. We theoretically investigate how Majorana fusion rules manifest themselves in the current-voltage…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-07 Sang-Jun Choi , Alessio Calzona , Björn Trauzettel

We propose a versatile platform to investigate the existence of Majorana bound states (MBSs) and their non-Abelian statistics through braiding. This implementation combines a two-dimensional electron gas formed in a semiconductor quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-25 Geoffrey L. Fatin , Alex Matos-Abiague , Benedikt Scharf , Igor Žutić

We consider a two-dimensional monolayer MoS2-based Josephson junction which is composed by an intermediate semiconductor flake and the semi-infinite topological and non-topological superconductor leads and study its quantum transport…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-07-01 Hamidreza Simchi

The most promising mechanisms for the formation of Majorana bound states (MBSs) in condensed matter systems involve one-dimensional systems (such as semiconductor nanowires, magnetic chains, and quantum spin Hall insulator (QSHI) edges)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-01 Raphael L. R. C. Teixeira , Dushko Kuzmanovski , Annica M. Black-Schaffer , Luis G. G. V. Dias da Silva

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

Recently, superconductors with higher-order topology have stimulated extensive attention and research interest. Higher-order topological superconductors exhibit unconventional bulk-boundary correspondence, thus allow exotic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-02 Xiao-Ting Chen , Chun-Hui Liu , Dong-Hui Xu , Chui-Zhen Chen

Magnetic chains on superconducting systems have emerged as a platform for realization of Majorana bound states (MBSs) in condensed matter systems with possible applications to topological quantum computation. In this work we study the MBSs…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-01-29 Raphael L. R. C. Teixeira , Dushko Kuzmanovski , Annica M. Black-Schaffer , Luis G. G. V. Dias da Silva

The search for Majorana bound state (MBS) has recently emerged as one of the most active research areas in condensed matter physics, fueled by the prospect of using its non-Abelian statistics for robust quantum computation. A highly…

Demonstration of non-Abelian statistics of Majorana bound states (MBS) is crucial for the realization of fault-tolerant topological quantum computation. Two-dimensional platforms such as planar Josephson junctions require an in-plane…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-07-08 Pankaj Sharma , Narayan Mohanta

Topological superconductors can host Majorana quasiparticles which supersede the fermion/boson dichotomy and offer a pathway to fault tolerant quantum computation. In one-dimensional systems zero-energy Majorana states are bound to the ends…

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

There are still debates on whether the observed zero energy peak in the experiment by Stevan {\it et al.} [Science 346, 602(2014)] reveals the existence of the long pursuing Majorana bound states (MBS). we propose that, by mounting two…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-09-09 Ye Xiong

In an extended superconductor-topological insulator-superconductor (S-TI-S) Josephson junction in a magnetic field, localized Majorana bound states (MBS) are predicted to exist at the cores of Josephson vortices where the local phase…

We introduce the concept of a Majorana molecule, a topological bound state appearing in the geometry of a double quantum dot (QD) structure flanking a topological superconducting nanowire. We demonstrate that, if the Majorana bound states…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-02 J. E. Sanches , L. S. Ricco , W. N. Mizobata , Y. Marques , M. de Souza , I. A. Shelykh , A. C. Seridonio

Majorana bound states often occur at the end of 1D topological superconductor or at the $\pi$ Josephson junction mediated by a helical edge state. Validated by a new bulk invariant and an intuitive edge argument, we show the emergence of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-11-01 Qiyue Wang , Cheng-Cheng Liu , Yuan-Ming Lu , Fan Zhang

We propose a scheme to detect the Majorana bound states (MBSs) by a thermodynamically stable D.C. Josephson current with $4\pi$-periodicity in the superconducting phase difference, which is distinct from the previous A.C. $4\pi$-periodicity…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-09-22 Zhan Cao , Tie-Feng Fang , Hong-Gang Luo