[HTML][HTML] Detecting and distinguishing Majorana zero modes with the scanning tunnelling microscope

B Jäck, Y Xie, A Yazdani - Nature Reviews Physics, 2021 - nature.com
One of the most exciting areas of research in quantum condensed matter physics is the push
to create topologically protected qubits using non-Abelian anyons. The focus of these efforts …

[HTML][HTML] Majorana quasiparticles in atomic spin chains on superconductors

S Rachel, R Wiesendanger - Physics Reports, 2025 - Elsevier
For the past decade, Majorana quasiparticles have become one of the hot topics in
condensed matter research. Besides the fundamental interest in the realization of particles …

Disorder-induced zero-bias peaks in Majorana nanowires

S Das Sarma, H Pan - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
Focusing specifically on the recently retracted work by Zhang et al.[H. Zhang et al., Nature
(London) 556, 74 (2018) NATUAS 0028-0836 10.1038/nature26142; Retraction, Nature …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum computing's reproducibility crisis: Majorana fermions

S Frolov - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
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Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states in real metals

F von Oppen, KJ Franke - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
Theoretical descriptions of Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) states induced by magnetic impurities
inside the gap of a superconductor typically rely on a classical spin model or are restricted to …

Spin-resolved thermal signatures of Majorana-Kondo interplay in double quantum dots

P Majek, KP Wójcik, I Weymann - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
We investigate theoretically the thermoelectric transport properties of a T-shaped double
quantum dot side-coupled to a topological superconducting nanowire hosting Majorana …

Kondo cloud in a superconductor

CP Moca, I Weymann, MA Werner, G Zaránd - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
Magnetic impurities embedded in a metal are screened by the Kondo effect, signaled by the
formation of an extended correlation cloud, the so-called Kondo or screening cloud. In a …

Evidence of superconducting Fermi arcs

A Kuibarov, O Suvorov, R Vocaturo, A Fedorov, R Lou… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
An essential ingredient for the production of Majorana fermions for use in quantum
computing is topological superconductivity,. As bulk topological superconductors remain …

Yu-shiba-rusinov qubit

A Mishra, P Simon, T Hyart, M Trif - PRX Quantum, 2021 - APS
Magnetic impurities in s-wave superconductors lead to spin-polarized Yu-Shiba-Rusinov
(YSR) in-gap states. Chains of magnetic impurities offer one of the most viable routes for the …

Observation of magnetic adatom-induced Majorana vortex and its hybridization with field-induced Majorana vortex in an iron-based superconductor

P Fan, F Yang, G Qian, H Chen, YY Zhang, G Li… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Braiding Majorana zero modes is essential for fault-tolerant topological quantum computing.
Iron-based superconductors with nontrivial band topology have recently emerged as a …