Inhomogeneous superconductors can host electronic excitations, known as Andreev bound
states (ABSs), below the superconducting energy gap. With the advent of topological …

This short review paper provides a pedagogical introduction to the rapidly growing research
field of Majorana fermions in topological superconductors. We first discuss in some detail the …

We propose and analyze theoretically an experimental setup for detecting the elusive
Majorana particle in semiconductor-superconductor heterostructures. The experimental …

A Josephson diode is a nonreciprocal circuit element that supports a larger dissipationless
supercurrent in one direction than in the other. In this Letter, we propose a class of …

Controlling the properties of semiconductor/metal interfaces is a powerful method for
designing functionality and improving the performance of electrical devices. Recently …

The physics and operating principles of hybrid superconductor–semiconductor devices rest
ultimately on the magnetic properties of their elementary subgap excitations, usually called …

Semiconducting nanowires offer the possibility of nearly unlimited complex bottom-up
design,, which allows for new device concepts,. However, essential parameters that …

Majorana zero modes are localized quasiparticles that obey non-Abelian exchange
statistics. Braiding Majorana zero modes forms the basis of topologically protected quantum …

The Josephson effect describes supercurrent flowing through a junction connecting two
superconducting leads by a thin barrier. This current is driven by a superconducting phase …

Advances in nanofabrication techniques have made it possible to make devices in which
superconducting electrodes are connected to non-superconducting nanostructures such as …