Majorana modes materialized

Elusive theoretical fantasies known as Majorana modes have been observed in a hybrid semiconductor–superconductor system. These emergent exotica open up promising prospects for quantum computation.

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Main Author: Wilczek, Frank
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78563
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spelling mit-1721.1/785632022-09-30T01:01:02Z Majorana modes materialized Quantum physics: Majorana modes materialize Wilczek, Frank Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics Wilczek, Frank Wilczek, Frank Elusive theoretical fantasies known as Majorana modes have been observed in a hybrid semiconductor–superconductor system. These emergent exotica open up promising prospects for quantum computation. 2013-04-17T14:53:06Z 2013-04-17T14:53:06Z 2012-06 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0028-0836 1476-4687 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78563 Wilczek, Frank. “Quantum Physics: Majorana Modes Materialize.” Nature 486.7402 (2012): 195–197. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6489-6155 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/486195a Nature Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ application/pdf Nature Publishing Group Wilczek via Chris Sherratt
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