Probing non-Abelian statistics with Majorana fermion interferometry in spin-orbit-coupled semiconductors

Details Probing non-Abelian statistics with Majorana fermion interferometry in spin-orbit-coupled semiconductors Probing non-Abelian statistics with Majorana fermion interferometry in spin-orbit-coupled semiconductors

2010-04-27

arxiv.org/abs/1004.4702v2

Phys. Rev. B 84, 085109 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

8 pages, 2 eps figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.84.085109

The list of quantum mechanical systems with non-Abelian statistics has recently been expanded by including generic spin-orbit-coupled semiconductors e.g., InAs) in proximity to a s-wave superconductor. Demonstration of the anyonic statistics using Majorana fermion interferometry in this system is a necessary first step towards topological quantum computation (TQC). However, since all isolated chiral edges that can be created in the semiconductor are charge neutral, it is not clear if electrically controlled interferometry is possible in this system. Here we show that when two isolated chiral Majorana edges are brought into close contact, the resultant interface supports charge current, enabling electrically controlled Majorana fermion interferometry in the semiconductor structure. Such interferometry experiments on the semiconductor are analogous to similar interferometry experiments on the $\nu=5/2$ fractional quantum Hall systems and on the surface of a 3D strong topological insulator, illustrating the usefulness of the 2D semiconductor heterostructure as a suitable TQC platform. In particular, we proposed Majorana interferometers may be the most direct method for establishing non-Abelian braiding statistics in topological superconductors.

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