Engineered platforms for topological superconductivity and Majorana zero modes

K Flensberg, F von Oppen, A Stern - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021‏ - nature.com
Among the major avenues that are being pursued for realizing quantum bits, the Majorana-
based approach has been the most recent to be launched. It attempts to realize qubits that …

The germanium quantum information route

G Scappucci, C Kloeffel, FA Zwanenburg… - Nature Reviews …, 2021‏ - nature.com
In the effort to develop disruptive quantum technologies, germanium is emerging as a
versatile material to realize devices capable of encoding, processing and transmitting …

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 …

Topological superconductivity in two-dimensional altermagnetic metals

D Zhu, ZY Zhuang, Z Wu, Z Yan - Physical Review B, 2023‏ - APS
Bringing magnetic metals into superconducting states represents an important approach for
realizing unconventional superconductors and potentially even topological …

Majorana corner modes and tunable patterns in an altermagnet heterostructure

YX Li, CC Liu - Physical Review B, 2023‏ - APS
The mutual competition and synergy of magnetism and superconductivity provide us with a
very valuable opportunity to access topological superconductivity and Majorana fermions …

Andreev reflection at the altermagnet-superconductor interface

M Papaj - Physical Review B, 2023‏ - APS
Altermagnets are a new class of magnetic materials, which exhibit large spin splitting, but
due to the combined spin and real space group symmetry protection maintain zero net …

Topological superconductivity in a van der Waals heterostructure

S Kezilebieke, MN Huda, V Vaňo, M Aapro, SC Ganguli… - Nature, 2020‏ - nature.com
Exotic states such as topological insulators, superconductors and quantum spin liquids are
often challenging or impossible to create in a single material,–. For example, it is unclear …

Majorana zero modes in superconductor–semiconductor heterostructures

RM Lutchyn, EPAM Bakkers, LP Kouwenhoven… - Nature Reviews …, 2018‏ - nature.com
Realizing topological superconductivity and Majorana zero modes in the laboratory is a
major goal in condensed-matter physics. In this Review, we survey the current status of this …

Classification of topological quantum matter with symmetries

CK Chiu, JCY Teo, AP Schnyder, S Ryu - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2016‏ - APS
Topological materials have become the focus of intense research in recent years, since they
exhibit fundamentally new physical phenomena with potential applications for novel devices …

Majorana quasiparticles in condensed matter

R Aguado - La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento, 2017‏ - Springer
In the space of less than one decade, the search for Majorana quasiparticles in condensed
matter has become one of the hottest topics in physics. The aim of this review is to provide a …