PIRSA:13110076

Majorana State Properties in Semiconductor and Oxide Superconducting Quantum Wires

APA

MacDonald, A. (2013). Majorana State Properties in Semiconductor and Oxide Superconducting Quantum Wires. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/13110076

MLA

MacDonald, Allan. Majorana State Properties in Semiconductor and Oxide Superconducting Quantum Wires. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Nov. 08, 2013, https://pirsa.org/13110076

BibTex

          @misc{ scivideos_PIRSA:13110076,
            doi = {10.48660/13110076},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/13110076},
            author = {MacDonald, Allan},
            keywords = {},
            language = {en},
            title = {Majorana State Properties in Semiconductor and Oxide Superconducting Quantum Wires},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics},
            year = {2013},
            month = {nov},
            note = {PIRSA:13110076 see, \url{https://scivideos.org/index.php/pirsa/13110076}}
          }
          

Allan MacDonald The University of Texas at Austin

Talk numberPIRSA:13110076
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Talk Type Conference

Abstract

When proximity coupled to s-wave superconductors, quantum wires can support effective p-wave superconductivity under appropriate circumstances.  The p-wave state has  Majorana states at the wire ends which can store quantum information.  I will discuss some properties of Majorana states formed in oxide and semiconductor quantum wires, including superconducting state phase diagrams as a function of spin-orbit coupling strength, Fermi energy, and external magnetic field strength, and Majorana exchange properties.