Majorana fermions in a tunable semiconductor device

Details Majorana fermions in a tunable semiconductor device Majorana fermions in a tunable semiconductor device

2009-12-10

arxiv.org/abs/0912.2115v1

Phys. Rev. B 81, 125318 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

10 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

The experimental realization of Majorana fermions presents an important problem due to their non-Abelian nature and potential exploitation for topological quantum computation. Very recently Sau et al. [arXiv:0907.2239] demonstrated that a topological superconducting phase supporting Majorana fermions can be realized using surprisingly conventional building blocks: a semiconductor quantum well coupled to an s-wave superconductor and a ferromagnetic insulator. Here we propose an alternative setup, wherein a topological superconducting phase is driven by applying an in-plane magnetic field to a (110)-grown semiconductor coupled only to an s-wave superconductor. This device offers a number of advantages, notably a simpler architecture and the ability to tune across a quantum phase transition into the topological superconducting state, while still largely avoiding unwanted orbital effects. Experimental feasibility of both setups is discussed in some detail.

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