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The recent realization of a two-site Kitaev chain featuring "poor man's Majorana" states demonstrates a path forward in the field of topological superconductivity. Harnessing the potential of these states for quantum information processing,…

We investigate Majorana modes in a quantum spin chain with bond-dependent exchange interactions by studying its dynamics. Specifically, we consider two-time correlations for the Kitaev-Heisenberg (KH) Hamiltonian close to the so-called…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-27 Johannes Bjerlin , Anders S. Sørensen , Stephan Haas

We demonstrate reliable machine-learned tuning of quantum-dot-based artificial Kitaev chains to Majorana sweet spots, using the covariance matrix adaptation algorithm. We show that a loss function based on local tunnelling-spectroscopy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-24 Jacob Benestad , Athanasios Tsintzis , Rubén Seoane Souto , Martin Leijnse , Evert van Nieuwenburg , Jeroen Danon

Protecting qubits from perturbations is a central challenge in quantum computing. Topological superconductors with separated Majorana bound states (MBSs) provide a strong form of protection that only depends on the locality of…

We propose to implement a Kitaev chain based on an array of alternating normal and superconductor hybrid quantum dots embedded in semiconductors. In particular, the orbitals in the dot and the Andreev bound states in the hybrid are now on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-12 Sebastian Miles , David van Driel , Michael Wimmer , Chun-Xiao Liu

Non-Abelian quasiparticles have been predicted to exist in a variety of condensed matter systems. Their defining property is that an adiabatic braid between two of them results in a nontrivial change of the quantum state of the system. To…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-28 Jian Li , Titus Neupert , B. Andrei Bernevig , Ali Yazdani

We propose controlling the hybridization between Majorana zero modes at the ends of magnetic adatom chains on superconductors by an additional magnetic adatom deposited close by. By tuning the additional adatom's magnetization, position,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-20 Oladunjoye A. Awoga , Ioannis Ioannidis , Archana Mishra , Martin Leijnse , Mircea Trif , Thore Posske

Quantum dot-superconductor arrays have emerged as a new and promising material platform for realizing topological Kitaev chains. So far, experiments have implemented a two-site chain with limited protection. Here we propose an…

Braiding Majorana zero modes (MZMs) is the key procedure toward topological quantum computation. However, the complexity of the braiding manipulation hinders its experimental realization. Here we propose an experimental setup composing of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-20 Jie Liu , Wenqin Chen , Ming Gong , Yijia Wu , X. C. Xie

Transport measurements of hybrid nanowires often rely on the observation of a zero-bias conductance peak as a hallmark of Majorana bound states (MBSs). However, such signatures can also be produced by trivial zero-energy Andreev bound…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-12 Sarath Prem , Olesia Dmytruk , Mircea Trif

A minimal Kitaev chain, consisting of two quantum dots connected via a superconductor, can host highly localized near-zero-energy states, known as poor man's Majoranas (PMMs). These states have been proposed as promising candidates to study…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-25 Melina Luethi , Henry F. Legg , Daniel Loss , Jelena Klinovaja

The possibility to engineer a Kitaev chain in quantum dots coupled via superconductors has recently emerged as a promising path toward topological superconductivity and possibly nonabelian physics. Here, we show that it is possible to avoid…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-17 William Samuelson , Viktor Svensson , Martin Leijnse

Majorana zero modes (MZMs)--bearing potential applications for topological quantum computing--are verified in quasi-one-dimensional (1D) Fermion systems, including semiconductor nanowires, magnetic atomic chains, planar Josephson junctions.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-29 Shu-guang Cheng , Jie Liu , Haiwen Liu , Hua Jiang , Qing-feng Sun , X. C. Xie

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 investigate a hybrid device consisting of two quantum dots placed between a BCS superconductor and a semiconductor with a strong spin-orbit interaction. Assuming charge tunneling between quantum dots through spin-flip processes, we study…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-22 Bogdan R. Bułka , Tadeusz Domański , Karol I. Wysokiński

Majorana zero modes (MZMs) have been proposed as a promising basis for Majorana qubits offering great potential for topological quantum computation. Such modes may form at the ends of a magnetic atomic chain on a superconductor. Typically…

The Fermi-Hubbard model and its rich phase diagram naturally emerges as a description for a wide range of electronic systems. Recent advances in semiconductor-superconductor hybrid quantum dot arrays have allowed to realize degenerate…

Robust topologically trivial low-energy Andreev bound states (ABSs) induced by position-dependent effective potentials have recently come under renewed focus, in light of a remarkable set of experiments observing robust quantized zero-bias…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-31 Tudor D. Stanescu , Sumanta Tewari

Recent advances in quantum dot platforms have opened new pathways for realizing Majorana zero modes (MZMs) and simulating topological quantum computation. Here we propose an experimentally feasible setup for implementing topological…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-09-22 Bradraj Pandey , Satoshi Okamoto , Pontus Laurell , Stephan Rachel , Elbio Dagotto

We investigate the effects of coupling a local electromagnetic cavity to a segment of a topological Kitaev chain (KC), with particular emphasis on the interplay between photons and Majorana zero modes (MZMs). In addition to the well-known…