Engineered platforms for topological superconductivity and Majorana zero modes

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2103.05548v1
• Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2021 16:48:55 GMT
• Title: Engineered platforms for topological superconductivity and Majorana zero modes
• Authors: Karsten Flensberg and Felix von Oppen and Ady Stern
• Abstract summary: Majorana-based platform attempts to realize qubits which store quantum information in a topologically-protected manner. This paper reviews the basic physical principles on which these approaches are based, the material systems that are being developed, and the current state of the field.
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• Abstract: Among the major approaches that are being pursued for realizing quantum bits, the Majorana-based platform has been the most recent to be launched. It attempts to realize qubits which store quantum information in a topologically-protected manner. The quantum information is protected by its nonlocal storage in localized and well-separated Majorana zero modes, and manipulated by exploiting their nonabelian quantum exchange properties. Realizing these topological qubits is experimentally challenging, requiring superconductivity, helical electrons (created by spin-orbit coupling) and breaking of time reversal symmetry to all cooperate in an uncomfortable alliance. Over the past decade, several candidate material systems for realizing Majorana-based topological qubits have been explored, and there is accumulating, though still debated, evidence that zero modes are indeed being realized. This paper reviews the basic physical principles on which these approaches are based, the material systems that are being developed, and the current state of the field. We highlight both the progress made and the challenges that still need to be overcome.

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