Black hole on a chip: proposal for a physical realization of the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model in a solid-state system

DI Pikulin, M Franz - Physical Review X, 2017 - APS
A system of Majorana zero modes with random infinite-range interactions—the Sachdev-Ye-
Kitaev (SYK) model—is thought to exhibit an intriguing relation to the horizons of extremal …

Control of Andreev bound states using superconducting phase texture

A Banerjee, M Geier, MA Rahman, DS Sanchez… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Andreev bound states with opposite phase-inversion asymmetries are observed in local
tunneling spectra at the two ends of a superconductor-semiconductor-superconductor …

Scalable Majorana vortex modes in iron-based superconductors

CK Chiu, T Machida, Y Huang, T Hanaguri… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
The iron-based superconductor FeTe x Se1− x is one of the material candidates hosting
Majorana vortex modes residing in the vortex cores. It has been observed by recent …

Design rules for controlling active topological defects

S Shankar, LVD Scharrer, MJ Bowick… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Topological defects play a central role in the physics of many materials, including magnets,
superconductors, and liquid crystals. In active fluids, defects become autonomous particles …

Challenges and transformative opportunities in superconductor vortex physics

S Eley, A Glatz, R Willa - Journal of Applied Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In superconductors, the motion of vortices introduces unwanted dissipation that is disruptive
to applications. Fortunately, material defects can immobilize vortices, acting as vortex …

Recent progress of scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy study of Majorana bound states in the FeTe0. 55Se0. 45 superconductor

G Li, S Zhu, D Wang, Y Wang… - … Science and Technology, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Majorana bound states (MBSs) are spatially-localized zero-energy quasiparticles following
non-Abelian braiding statistics that hold a great promise for fault-tolerant topological …

Chip-integrated vortex manipulation

I Keren, A Gutfreund, A Noah, N Fridman… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
The positions of Abrikosov vortices have long been considered as means to encode
classical information. Although it is possible to move individual vortices using local probes …

Braiding Majorana fermions and creating quantum logic gates with vortices on a periodic pinning structure

X Ma, CJO Reichhardt, C Reichhardt - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
We show how vortices that support Majorana fermions when placed on a periodic pinning
array can be used for vortex exchange and independent braiding by performing a series of …

Nanoscale manipulation of wrinkle-pinned vortices in iron-based superconductors

P Fan, H Chen, X Zhou, L Cao, G Li, M Li, G Qian… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
The controlled manipulation of Abrikosov vortices is essential for both fundamental science
and logical applications. However, achieving nanoscale manipulation of vortices while …

Stable implicit numerical algorithm of time-dependent Ginzburg–Landau theory coupled with thermal effect for vortex behaviors in hybrid superconductor systems

QY Wang, C Xue - Superconductor Science and Technology, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Hybrid multi-superconducting structures exist in a variety of superconducting devices, such
as superconductor–insulator–superconductor multilayer structure in superconducting radio …