Signatures of Majorana Fermions in Hybrid Superconductor-Semiconductor Nanowire Devices

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - Tập 336 Số 6084 - Trang 1003-1007 - 2012
Vincent Mourik1, Kun Zuo1, Sergey Frolov1, Sébastien Plissard2, Erik P. A. M. Bakkers2,1, Leo P. Kouwenhoven1
1Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, 2600 GA Delft, Netherlands.
2Department of Applied Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, Netherlands

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Majoranas Arrive When a negatively charged electron meets a positron—its positively charged antiparticle—they annihilate each other in a flash of gamma rays. A Majorana fermion, on the other hand, is a neutral particle, which is its own antiparticle. No sightings of a Majorana have been reported in the elementary particle world, but recently they have been proposed to exist in solid-state systems and suggested to be of interest as a quantum computing platform. Mourik et al. (p. 1003 , published online 12 April; see the cover; see the Perspective by Brouwer ) set up a semiconductor nanowire contacted on each end by a normal and a superconducting electrode that revealed evidence of Majorana fermions.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Tập 336 Số 6084

1003-1007

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