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 …

From Andreev to Majorana bound states in hybrid superconductor–semiconductor nanowires

E Prada, P San-Jose, MWA de Moor, A Geresdi… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Inhomogeneous superconductors can host electronic excitations, known as Andreev bound
states (ABSs), below the superconducting energy gap. With the advent of topological …

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 …

Plateau Regions for Zero-Bias Peaks within 5% of the Quantized Conductance Value

Z Wang, H Song, D Pan, Z Zhang, W Miao, R Li… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Probing an isolated Majorana zero mode is predicted to reveal a tunneling conductance
quantized at 2 e 2/h at zero temperature. Experimentally, a zero-bias peak (ZBP) is expected …

Trivial andreev band mimicking topological bulk gap reopening in the nonlocal conductance of long rashba nanowires

R Hess, HF Legg, D Loss, J Klinovaja - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We consider a one-dimensional Rashba nanowire in which multiple Andreev bound states
in the bulk of the nanowire form an Andreev band. We show that, under certain …

Non-hermitian topology as a unifying framework for the Andreev versus Majorana states controversy

J Avila, F Peñaranda, E Prada, P San-Jose… - Communications …, 2019 - nature.com
Zero-energy Andreev levels in hybrid semiconductor-superconductor nanowires mimic all
expected Majorana phenomenology, including 2 e 2∕ h conductance quantisation, even …

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 …

Parity-protected superconducting diode effect in topological Josephson junctions

HF Legg, K Laubscher, D Loss, J Klinovaja - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
In bulk superconductors or Josephson junctions formed in materials with spin-orbit
interaction, the critical current can depend on the direction of current flow or of applied …

Conductance-matrix symmetries of a three-terminal hybrid device

GC Ménard, GLR Anselmetti, EA Martinez, D Puglia… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We present conductance-matrix measurements of a three-terminal superconductor-
semiconductor hybrid device consisting of two normal leads and one superconducting lead …

Quantized and unquantized zero-bias tunneling conductance peaks in Majorana nanowires: Conductance below and above

H Pan, CX Liu, M Wimmer, S Das Sarma - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
Majorana zero modes can appear at the wire ends of a one-dimensional topological
superconductor and manifest themselves as a quantized zero-bias conductance peak in the …