From Andreev to Majorana bound states in hybrid superconductor–semiconductor nanowires

E Prada, P San-Jose, MWA de Moor, A Geresdi… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Inhomogeneous superconductors can host electronic excitations, known as Andreev bound
states (ABSs), below the superconducting energy gap. With the advent of topological …

Introduction to topological superconductivity and Majorana fermions

M Leijnse, K Flensberg - Semiconductor Science and Technology, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Josephson diode effect in supercurrent interferometers

RS Souto, M Leijnse, C Schrade - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
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 …

Epitaxy of semiconductor–superconductor nanowires

P Krogstrup, NLB Ziino, W Chang, SM Albrecht… - Nature materials, 2015 - nature.com
Controlling the properties of semiconductor/metal interfaces is a powerful method for
designing functionality and improving the performance of electrical devices. Recently …

Majorana Fermions and a Topological Phase Transition<? format?> in Semiconductor-Superconductor Heterostructures

RM Lutchyn, JD Sau, S Das Sarma - Physical review letters, 2010 - APS
We propose and analyze theoretically an experimental setup for detecting the elusive
Majorana particle in semiconductor-superconductor heterostructures. The experimental …

Spin-resolved Andreev levels and parity crossings in hybrid superconductor–semiconductor nanostructures

EJH Lee, X Jiang, M Houzet, R Aguado… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The physics and operating principles of hybrid superconductor–semiconductor devices rest
ultimately on the magnetic properties of their elementary subgap excitations, usually called …

Next steps of quantum transport in Majorana nanowire devices

H Zhang, DE Liu, M Wimmer… - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
Majorana zero modes are localized quasiparticles that obey non-Abelian exchange
statistics. Braiding Majorana zero modes forms the basis of topologically protected quantum …

Josephson ϕ0-junction in nanowire quantum dots

DB Szombati, S Nadj-Perge, D Car, SR Plissard… - Nature Physics, 2016 - nature.com
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 …

Zero-bias anomaly in a nanowire quantum dot coupled to superconductors

EJH Lee, X Jiang, R Aguado, G Katsaros, CM Lieber… - Physical review …, 2012 - APS
We studied the low-energy states of spin-1/2 quantum dots defined in InAs/InP nanowires
and coupled to aluminum superconducting leads. By varying the superconducting gap Δ …

Majorana fermions in semiconductor nanowires

TD Stanescu, RM Lutchyn, S Das Sarma - Physical Review B—Condensed …, 2011 - APS
We study multiband semiconducting nanowires proximity coupled with an s-wave
superconductor and calculate the topological phase diagram as a function of the chemical …