Flux-induced topological superconductivity in full-shell nanowires

• DOI: 10.1126/science.aav3392
• Publication Date: 2020-03-26T23:05:22Z
• Authors: S. Vaitiekėnas; G. W. Winkler; B. van Heck; T. Karzig; M.-T. Deng; K. Flensberg; L. I. Glazman; C. Nayak; P. Krogstrup; R. M. Lutchyn; C. M. Marcus
• Keywords: topological; superconductivity; full-shell; Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con); Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics; Condensed Matter - Superconductivity; Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall); FOS: Physical sciences

A possible Majorana sighting zero modes, exotic quasiparticles predicted to occur in topological superconductors, hold promise as a building block of quantum computing. Two the frontrunners for physical implementation Majoranas include hybrid semiconductor-superconductor nanowires and insulators contact with superconductor. Vaitiekėnas et al. introduce platform that combines elements both: semiconductor nanowire is fully wrapped by Combining theoretical calculations experiments, researchers present evidence consistent emergence modes this system. Science , issue p. eaav3392