Majorana parity qubit in coupled minimal Kitaev chains

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.09511v1
• Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:26:48 GMT
• Title: Majorana parity qubit in coupled minimal Kitaev chains
• Abstract summary: Majorana zero modes provide a route to fault-tolerant qubits by encoding information non-locally in fermion parity.<n>Our results establish the first coherent control of a Majorana qubit encoded in the fermion parity of Majorana zero modes in minimal Kitaev chains.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Majorana zero modes provide a route to fault-tolerant qubits by encoding information non-locally in fermion parity. Their sensitivity to noise is expected to decrease exponentially with increasing separation between the Majoranas, a suppression known as topological protection. Kitaev chains engineered in quantum dot-superconductor arrays provide a tunable platform in which separated Majorana zero modes can emerge at the ends of the chain, even in two-site chains. These minimal-chain modes are known as poor man's Majoranas and retain characteristic Majorana properties, including near-zero energy and equal electron-hole character, but have only limited protection. A key outstanding challenge is to move beyond identifying such modes in electrical transport measurements and achieve coherent qubit control in the time domain. Here, we demonstrate a Majorana parity qubit by realizing coherent coupling between two-site Kitaev chains. Since total fermion parity is conserved, the system separates into global even and odd parity manifolds. We observe coherent parity oscillations in both manifolds with equal oscillation frequencies at the Majorana sweet spot, as predicted for isolated Majorana zero modes. We further show that the oscillation frequency and coherence depend systematically on inter-chain coupling and quantum-dot detunings, in close agreement with our model for short, partially protected chains. Our results establish the first coherent control of a Majorana qubit, encoded in the fermion parity of Majorana zero modes in minimal Kitaev chains.

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