Majorana zero modes (MZMs) are exotic excitations (in condensed matter systems) of
fundamental scientific interest and hold great promise as the basis of fault-tolerant …

Disorder is the primary obstacle in the current Majorana nanowire experiments. Reducing
disorder or achieving ballistic transport is thus of paramount importance. In clean and …

Planar Josephson junctions are predicted to host Majorana zero modes. The material
platforms in previous studies are two-dimensional electron gases (InAs, InSb, InAsSb, and …

Degeneracy and symmetry have a profound relation in quantum systems. Here, we report
gate-tunable subband degeneracy in PbTe nanowires with a nearly symmetric cross …

PbTe nanowires coupled to a superconductor have recently been proposed as a potential
Majorana platform. The hallmark of the one-dimensional nature of ballistic nanowires is their …

Material challenges are the key issue in Majorana research, where surface disorder
constrains device performance. Here, we tackle this challenge by embedding PbTe …

Semiconductor-superconductor hybrid nanowires are a leading material platform for the
realization of Majorana zero modes. The semiconductors in previous studies are dominantly …

Semiconductor nanowires coupled to a superconductor provide a powerful testbed for
quantum device physics such as Majorana zero modes and gate-tunable hybrid qubits. The …

Network structures by semiconductor nanowires hold great promise for advanced quantum
devices, especially for applications in topological quantum computing. In this paper, we …

The combination of a superconductor (SC) and a topological insulator (TI) nanowire was
proposed as a potential candidate for realizing Majorana zero modes (MZMs). In this study …