Random-matrix theory of Majorana fermions and topological superconductors

CWJ Beenakker - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2015 - APS
The theory of random matrices originated half a century ago as a universal description of the
spectral statistics of atoms and nuclei, dependent only on the presence or absence of …

Physical mechanisms for zero-bias conductance peaks in Majorana nanowires

H Pan, S Das Sarma - Physical Review Research, 2020 - APS
Motivated by the need to understand and simulate the ubiquitous experimentally observed
zero-bias conductance peaks in superconductor-semiconductor hybrid structures, we …

Quantized zero-bias conductance plateau in semiconductor-superconductor heterostructures without topological Majorana zero modes

C Moore, C Zeng, TD Stanescu, S Tewari - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
Recent observations of robust zero-bias quantized conductance plateaus of height 2 e 2/h in
quantum dot-semiconductor-superconductor nanowire heterostructures have been …

One-dimensional symmetry protected topological phases and their transitions

R Verresen, R Moessner, F Pollmann - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
We present a unified perspective on symmetry protected topological (SPT) phases in one
dimension and address the open question of what characterizes their phase transitions. In …

Topological superconductivity and Majorana states in low-dimensional systems

VV Val'kov, MS Shustin, SV Aksenov… - Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We discuss the properties of topologically nontrivial superconducting phases and the
conditions for their realization in condensed matter, the criteria for the appearance of …

Floquet generation of Majorana end modes and topological invariants

M Thakurathi, AA Patel, D Sen, A Dutta - Physical Review B—Condensed …, 2013 - APS
We show how Majorana end modes can be generated in a one-dimensional system by
varying some of the parameters in the Hamiltonian periodically in time. The specific model …

Interplay between long-range hop** and disorder in topological systems

B Pérez-González, M Bello, Á Gómez-León, G Platero - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
We extend the standard Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model to include long-range hop**
amplitudes and disorder, and analyze how the electronic and topological properties are …

Topology and edge modes in quantum critical chains

R Verresen, NG Jones, F Pollmann - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
We show that topology can protect exponentially localized, zero energy edge modes at
critical points between one-dimensional symmetry-protected topological phases. This is …

Identification of symmetry-protected topological states on noisy quantum computers

D Azses, R Haenel, Y Naveh, R Raussendorf, E Sela… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Identifying topological properties is a major challenge because, by definition, topological
states do not have a local order parameter. While a generic solution to this challenge is not …