Among the major avenues that are being pursued for realizing quantum bits, the Majorana-
based approach has been the most recent to be launched. It attempts to realize qubits that …

The interplay between superconductivity and ferromagnetism in the superconductor/
ferromagnet (SC/FM) heterostructures generates many interesting physical phenomena …

Localized or propagating Majorana boundary modes are the key feature of topological
superconductors. They are rare in naturally occurring compounds, but the tailored …

A major challenge in develo** topological superconductors for implementing topological
quantum computing is their characterization and control. It has been proposed that ap-wave …

One-dimensional topological superconductors host Majorana zero modes (MZMs), the
nonlocal property of which could be exploited for quantum computing applications. We use …

Realizing Majorana bound states (MBS) in condensed matter systems is a key challenge on
the way toward topological quantum computing. As a promising platform, one-dimensional …

Over the past decade, there have been considerable efforts to observe non-abelian
quasiparticles in novel quantum materials and devices. These efforts are motivated by the …

Just like insulators can present topological phases characterized by Dirac edge states,
superconductors can exhibit topological phases characterized by Majorana edge states. In …

One of the most exciting areas of research in quantum condensed matter physics is the push
to create topologically protected qubits using non-Abelian anyons. The focus of these efforts …

In superconductors, magnetic impurities induce a pair-breaking potential for Cooper pairs,
which locally affects the Bogoliubov quasiparticles and gives rise to Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR …