Nanowires are natural one-dimensional channels and offer new opportunities for advanced
electronic quantum transport experiments. We review recent progress on the synthesis of …

Abstract Majorana fermions are spin-1/2 neutral particles that are their own antiparticles and
were initially predicted by Ettore Majorana in particle physics but their observation still …

The possibility of engineering artificial Kitaev chains in arrays of quantum dots coupled via
narrow superconducting regions has emerged as an attractive way to overcome the disorder …

In most naturally occurring superconductors, electrons with opposite spins form Cooper
pairs. This includes both conventional s-wave superconductors such as aluminium, as well …

Kitaev chains in quantum dot-superconductor arrays are a promising platform for the
realization of topological superconductivity. As recently demonstrated, even a two-site chain …

Artificial Kitaev chains can be used to engineer Majorana bound states (MBSs) in
superconductor–semiconductor hybrids,,–. In this work, we realize a two-site Kitaev chain in …

Superconductor/semiconductor hybrid devices have attracted increasing interest in the past
years. Superconducting electronics aims to complement semiconductor technology, while …

A short superconducting segment can couple attached quantum dots via elastic cotunneling
(ECT) and crossed Andreev reflection (CAR). Such coupled quantum dots can host …

The formation of a topological superconducting phase in a quantum-dot–based Kitaev chain
requires nearest neighbor crossed Andreev reflection and elastic cotunneling. Here, we …

We generalize the classical thermal Mpemba effect (where an initially hot system relaxes
faster to the final equilibrium state than a cold one) to open quantum systems coupled to …