InAs-Al hybrid devices passing the topological gap protocol

M Aghaee, A Akkala, Z Alam, R Ali, A Alcaraz Ramirez… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We present measurements and simulations of semiconductor-superconductor
heterostructure devices that are consistent with the observation of topological …

Aspects of topological superconductivity in 2D systems: noncollinear magnetism, skyrmions, and higher-order topology

AO Zlotnikov, MS Shustin, AD Fedoseev - Journal of Superconductivity …, 2021 - Springer
The review is aimed at highlighting the aspects of topological superconductivity in the
absence of spin–orbit interaction in two-dimensional systems with long-range noncollinear …

[HTML][HTML] Majorana nanowires for topological quantum computation

P Marra - Journal of Applied Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Majorana bound states are quasiparticle excitations localized at the boundaries of a
topologically nontrivial superconductor. They are zero-energy, charge-neutral, particle–hole …

Perspective on Majorana bound-states in hybrid superconductor-semiconductor nanowires

L Kouwenhoven - Modern Physics Letters B, 2025 - World Scientific
A personal perspective is given on a decade of research on Majorana bound states (MBS) in
hybrid devices of semiconducting nanowires covered with a superconductor. Predicted …

Estimating disorder and its adverse effects in semiconductor Majorana nanowires

S Ahn, H Pan, B Woods, TD Stanescu… - Physical Review Materials, 2021 - APS
We use the available transport measurements in the literature to develop a dataset for the
likely amount of disorder in semiconductor (InAs and InSb) materials which are used in …

Majorana-like Coulomb spectroscopy in the absence of zero-bias peaks

M Valentini, M Borovkov, E Prada, S Martí-Sánchez… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Hybrid semiconductor–superconductor devices hold great promise for realizing topological
quantum computing with Majorana zero modes,,,–. However, multiple claims of Majorana …

Electrostatic control of the proximity effect in the bulk of semiconductor-superconductor hybrids

N Van Loo, GP Mazur, T Dvir, G Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The proximity effect in semiconductor-superconductor nanowires is expected to generate an
induced gap in the semiconductor. The magnitude of this induced gap, together with the …

Gate-tunable Josephson diode

GP Mazur, N van Loo, D van Driel, JY Wang… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
Superconducting diodes are recently-discovered quantum analogues of classical diodes.
The superconducting diode effect relies on the breaking of both time-reversal and inversion …

Protocol to identify a topological superconducting phase in a three-terminal device

DI Pikulin, B van Heck, T Karzig, EA Martinez… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
We develop a protocol to determine the presence and extent of a topological phase with
Majorana zero modes in a hybrid superconductor-semiconductor device. The protocol is …

Spin‐Mixing Enhanced Proximity Effect in Aluminum‐Based Superconductor–Semiconductor Hybrids

GP Mazur, N van Loo, JY Wang, T Dvir… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In superconducting quantum circuits, aluminum is one of the most widely used materials. It is
currently also the superconductor of choice for the development of topological qubits …