How to braid mobile with immobile non-Abelian anyons in a topological superconductor

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Abstract

Majorana zero-modes in a superconductor are midgap states localized in the core of a vortex or bound to the end of a nanowire. They are anyons with non-Abelian braiding statistics, but when they are immobile one cannot demonstrate this by exchanging them in real space and indirect methods are needed. As a real-space alternative, we propose to use the chiral motion along the boundary of the superconductor to braid a mobile vortex in the edge channel with an immobile vortex in the bulk. The measurement scheme is fully electrical and deterministic: edge vortices ($\pi$-phase domain walls) are created on demand by a voltage pulse at a Josephson junction and the braiding with a Majorana zero-mode in the bulk is detected by the charge produced upon their fusion at a second Josephson junction.

Presenters

  • Anton Akhmerov

    Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology

Authors

  • Anton Akhmerov

    Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology

  • Carlo W J Beenakker

    Lorentz institute for theoretical physics, Leiden University

  • Paul S Baireuther

    Lorentz institute for theoretical physics, Leiden University

  • Inanc Adagideli

    Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, Sabanci University

  • Yaroslav Herasymenko

    Lorentz institute for theoretical physics, Leiden University