Teleportation-induced entanglement of two nanomechanical oscillators coupled to a topological superconductor

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Abstract

A one-dimensional topological superconductor features a single fermionic zero mode that is delocalized over two Majorana bound states located at the ends of the system. We study a pair of spatially separated nanomechanical oscillators tunnel-coupled to these Majorana modes. Most interestingly, we demonstrate that the combination of electron-phonon coupling and a finite charging energy on the mesoscopic topological superconductor can lead to an effective superexchange between the oscillators via the non-local fermionic zero mode. We further show that this teleportation mechanism leads to entanglement of the two oscillators over distances that can significantly exceed the coherence length of the superconductor.

Authors

  • Stefan Walter

    Department of Physics, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel

  • Jan Carl Budich

    Stockholm University