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Wireless Majorana Bound States: From Magnetic Tunability to Braiding

  • Geoffrey L. Fatin
  • , Alex Matos-Abiague
  • , Benedikt Scharf
  • , Igor Žutić
  • SUNY Buffalo

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Abstract

We propose a versatile platform to investigate the existence of Majorana bound states (MBSs) and their non-Abelian statistics through braiding. This implementation combines a two-dimensional electron gas formed in a semiconductor quantum well grown on the surface of an s-wave superconductor with a nearby array of magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs). The underlying magnetic textures produced by MTJs provide highly controllable topological phase transitions to confine and transport MBSs in two dimensions, overcoming the requirement for a network of wires. Obtained scaling relations confirm that various semiconductor quantum well materials are suitable for this proposal.

Original languageEnglish
Article number077002
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume117
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 12 2016

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