From Andreev to Majorana bound states in hybrid superconductor-semiconductor nanowires

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From Andreev to Majorana bound states in hybrid superconductor-semiconductor nanowires. / Prada, Elsa; San-Jose, Pablo; de Moor, Michiel W. A.; Geresdi, Attila; Lee, Eduardo J. H.; Klinovaja, Jelena; Loss, Daniel; Nygard, Jesper; Aguado, Ramon; Kouwenhoven, Leo P.

In: Nature Reviews Physics, Vol. 2, No. 10, 10.2020, p. 575-594.

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Prada, E, San-Jose, P, de Moor, MWA, Geresdi, A, Lee, EJH, Klinovaja, J, Loss, D, Nygard, J, Aguado, R & Kouwenhoven, LP 2020, 'From Andreev to Majorana bound states in hybrid superconductor-semiconductor nanowires', Nature Reviews Physics, vol. 2, no. 10, pp. 575-594. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-020-0228-y

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Prada, E., San-Jose, P., de Moor, M. W. A., Geresdi, A., Lee, E. J. H., Klinovaja, J., Loss, D., Nygard, J., Aguado, R., & Kouwenhoven, L. P. (2020). From Andreev to Majorana bound states in hybrid superconductor-semiconductor nanowires. Nature Reviews Physics, 2(10), 575-594. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-020-0228-y

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Prada E, San-Jose P, de Moor MWA, Geresdi A, Lee EJH, Klinovaja J et al. From Andreev to Majorana bound states in hybrid superconductor-semiconductor nanowires. Nature Reviews Physics. 2020 Oct;2(10):575-594. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-020-0228-y

Author

Prada, Elsa ; San-Jose, Pablo ; de Moor, Michiel W. A. ; Geresdi, Attila ; Lee, Eduardo J. H. ; Klinovaja, Jelena ; Loss, Daniel ; Nygard, Jesper ; Aguado, Ramon ; Kouwenhoven, Leo P. / From Andreev to Majorana bound states in hybrid superconductor-semiconductor nanowires. In: Nature Reviews Physics. 2020 ; Vol. 2, No. 10. pp. 575-594.

Bibtex

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abstract = "Inhomogeneous superconductors can host electronic excitations, known as Andreev bound states (ABSs), below the superconducting energy gap. With the advent of topological superconductivity, a new kind of zero-energy ABS with exotic qualities, known as a Majorana bound state (MBS), has been discovered. A special property of MBS wavefunctions is their non-locality, which, together with non-Abelian braiding, is the key to their promise in topological quantum computation. We focus on hybrid superconductor-semiconductor nanowires as a flexible and promising experimental platform to realize one-dimensional topological superconductivity and MBSs. We review the main properties of ABSs and MBSs, state-of-the-art techniques for their detection and theoretical progress beyond minimal models, including different types of robust zero modes that may emerge without a band-topological transition.Topological Majorana bound states have potential for encoding, manipulating and protecting quantum information in condensed-matter systems. This Review discusses emergence and characterization of Majorana bound states in realistic devices based on hybrid semiconducting nanowires and their connection to more conventional Andreev bound states.",
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