Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Observation of magnetic adatom-induced Majorana vortex and its hybridization with field-induced Majorana vortex in an iron-based superconductor

  • Peng Fan,
  • Fazhi Yang,
  • Guojian Qian,
  • Hui Chen,
  • Yu-Yang Zhang,
  • Geng Li,
  • Zihao Huang,
  • Yuqing Xing,
  • Lingyuan Kong,
  • Wenyao Liu,
  • Kun Jiang,
  • Chengmin Shen,
  • Shixuan Du,
  • John Schneeloch,
  • Ruidan Zhong,
  • Genda Gu,
  • Ziqiang Wang,
  • Hong Ding,
  • Hong-Jun Gao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21646-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Braiding Majorana modes is essential for topological quantum computing, but it remains difficult to find a suitable platform. Here, the authors report the evidence of hybridization between field-induced and magnetic adatom induced Majorana modes in an iron-based superconductor FeTe0.55Se0.45, providing a possible single-material platform for braiding Majorana modes.