Topological quantum computing - the poor man's Majorana

• Main Author: Ang, Ashley
• Other Authors: Koh Teck Seng
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Physics; Majorana bound states; Poor man's Majorana; Kitaev chain; Topological protection
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/175687
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this report, we establish the groundwork for the emergence of Majoranas - particles that are their own anti-particles - in superconducting systems. We observe that such Majoranas manifest as edge states, and when they are sufficiently separated and coupled, they offer topological protection due t...