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Majorana zero modes (MZMs) that obey the non-Abelian statistics have been intensively investigated for potential applications in topological quantum computing. The prevailing signals in tunneling experiments "fingerprinting" the existence…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-03-27 Chaofei Liu , Cheng Chen , Xiaoqiang Liu , Ziqiao Wang , Yi Liu , Shusen Ye , Ziqiang Wang , Jiangping Hu , Jian Wang

We numerically investigate non-Abelian braiding dynamics of vortices in two-dimensional topological superconductors, such as $s$-wave superconductors with Rashba spin-orbit coupling. Majorana zero modes (MZMs) hosted by the vortices…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-02-16 Takumi Sanno , Shunsuke Miyazaki , Takeshi Mizushima , Satoshi Fujimoto

We study a vortex chain in a thin film of a topological insulator with proximity-induced superconductivity---a promising platform to realize Majorana zero modes (MZMs)---by modeling it as a two-leg Majorana ladder. While each pair of MZMs…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-06-16 Hsiang-Hsuan Hung , Jiansheng Wu , Kuei Sun , Ching-Kai Chiu

Majorana zero modes have gained significant interest due to their potential applications in topological quantum computing and in the realization of exotic quantum phases. These zero-energy quasiparticle excitations localize at the vortex…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-13 Pasquale Marra , Daisuke Inotani , Takeshi Mizushima , Muneto Nitta

Floquet topological matter has emerged as one exciting platform to explore rich physics and game-changing applications of topological phases. As one remarkable and recently discovered feature of Floquet symmetry protected topological (SPT)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-23 Raditya Weda Bomantara , Jiangbin Gong

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

Among the major approaches that are being pursued for realizing quantum bits, the Majorana-based platform has been the most recent to be launched. It attempts to realize qubits which store quantum information in a topologically-protected…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-10 Karsten Flensberg , Felix von Oppen , Ady Stern

As the condensed matter analog of Majorana fermion, the Majorana zero-mode is well known as a building block of fault-tolerant topological quantum computing. This review focuses on the recent progress of Majorana experiments, especially…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-21 Ji-Bang Fu , Bin Li , Xin-Fang Zhang , Guang-Zheng Yu , Guang-Yao Huang , Ming-Tang Deng

Topological quantum computing is based on the notion of braiding non-Abelian anyons, such as Majorana zero modes (MZMs), to perform gate operations. A crucial building block of these protocols is the adiabatic shuttling of MZMs through…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-28 Bill P. Truong , Kartiek Agarwal , T. Pereg-Barnea

The successful test of non-Abelian statistics not only serves as a milestone in fundamental physics but also provides a quantum gate operation in topological quantum computation. An accurate and efficient readout scheme of a topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-26 Chun-Xiao Liu , Dong E. Liu , Fu-Chun Zhang , Ching-Kai Chiu

Using a cryogenic scanning tunneling microscopy, we report the observation of topologically nontrivial superconductivity on a single material of \beta-Bi2Pd films grown by molecular beam epitaxy. The superconducting gap associated with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-06-20 Yan-Feng Lv , Wen-Lin Wang , Yi-Min Zhang , Hao Ding , Wei Li , Lili Wang , Ke He , Can-Li Song , Xu-Cun Ma , Qi-Kun Xue

Majorana zero modes are expected to arise in semiconductor-superconductor hybrid systems, with potential topological quantum computing applications. One limitation of this approach is the need for a relatively high external magnetic field…

We propose heterostructures that realize first and second order topological superconductivity with vanishing net magnetization by utilizing altermagnetism. Such platforms may offer a significant improvement over conventional platforms with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-13 Sayed Ali Akbar Ghorashi , Taylor L. Hughes , Jennifer Cano

We provide a conceptual framework for developing a scalable topological quantum computer. It relies on forming Majorana fermions using circular electronic gates in two-dimensional p-wave superconductors. The gates allow the precise control…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-19 Ji Ung Lee

Chiral Majorana fermion is a massless self-conjugate fermion which can arise as the edge state of certain two-dimensonal topological matters. It has been theoretically predicted and experimentally observed in a hybrid device of quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-10 Biao Lian , Xiao-Qi Sun , Abolhassan Vaezi , Xiao-Liang Qi , Shou-Cheng Zhang

Realizing topological superconductivity and Majorana zero modes in the laboratory is one of the major goals in condensed matter physics. We review the current status of this rapidly-developing field, focusing on semiconductor-superconductor…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-05-11 R. M. Lutchyn , E. P. A. M. Bakkers , L. P. Kouwenhoven , P. Krogstrup , C. M. Marcus , Y. Oreg

Manipulation of decoupled Majorana zero modes (MZMs) could enable topologically-protected quantum computing. However, the practical realization of a large number of perfectly decoupled MZMs needed to perform nontrivial quantum computation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-02-20 D. B. Karki , K. A. Matveev , Ivar Martin

A one-dimensional fermionic system, such as a superconducting wire, may host Majorana zero-energy edge modes (MZMs) at its edges when it is in the topological phase. MZMs provide a path to realising fault-tolerant quantum computation, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-11-07 Sania Jevtic , Ryan Barnett

We propose that the existence of vortices in FeSe$_{1-x}$Te$_x$ with and without Majoarana zero modes (MZMs) can be explained by a heterogeneous mixture of strong topological and trivial superconducting domains, with only vortices in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-22 Prashant Gupta , Jasmin Bedow , Eric Mascot , Dirk K. Morr

Chiral superconductors have the ability to host topologically protected Majorana zero modes which have been proposed as future qubits for topological quantum computing. The recently introduced magnet--superconductor hybrid (MSH) systems…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-27 Eric Mascot , Sagen Cocklin , Stephan Rachel , Dirk K. Morr