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
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Anton Akhmerov
Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology
Authors
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Anton Akhmerov
Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology
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Carlo W J Beenakker
Lorentz institute for theoretical physics, Leiden University
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Paul S Baireuther
Lorentz institute for theoretical physics, Leiden University
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Inanc Adagideli
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, Sabanci University
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Yaroslav Herasymenko
Lorentz institute for theoretical physics, Leiden University