During the last ten years, superconducting circuits have passed from being interesting
physical devices to becoming contenders for near-future useful and scalable quantum …

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Non-Abelian topological order is a coveted state of matter with remarkable properties,
including quasiparticles that can remember the sequence in which they are exchanged …

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 …

We propose heterostructures that realize first and second order topological
superconductivity with vanishing net magnetization by utilizing altermagnetism. Such …

Majorana bound states are quasiparticle excitations localized at the boundaries of a
topologically nontrivial superconductor. They are zero-energy, charge-neutral, particle–hole …

Artificial Kitaev chains, formed by quantum dots coupled via superconductors, have
emerged as a promising platform for realizing Majorana bound states. Even a minimal …

The fusion of non-Abelian anyons is a fundamental operation in measurement-only
topological quantum computation. In one-dimensional topological superconductors (1DTSs) …

In a recent breakthrough experiment [Nature (London) 614, 445 (2023) 10.1038/s41586-022-
05585-1], signatures of Majorana zero modes have been observed in tunnel spectroscopy …

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 …