Simulating the exchange of Majorana zero modes with a photonic system

Jin-Shi Xu; Kai Sun; Yong-Jian Han; Chuan-Feng Li; Jiannis K. Pachos; Guang-Can Guo

doi:10.1038/ncomms13194

Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

Simulating the exchange of Majorana zero modes with a photonic system

Jin-Shi Xu,
Kai Sun,
Yong-Jian Han,
Chuan-Feng Li,
Jiannis K. Pachos,
Guang-Can Guo

Affiliations

Jin-Shi Xu: Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, CAS
Kai Sun: Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, CAS
Yong-Jian Han: Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, CAS
Chuan-Feng Li: Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, CAS
Jiannis K. Pachos: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds
Guang-Can Guo: Department of Optics and Optical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, CAS

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13194
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Majorana zero modes are a potential resource for quantum information processing as they offer immunity to noise, but they are difficult to create and control experimentally. Here, the authors use a photonic quantum simulator to mimic the exchange of Majorana zero modes in a spin-half chain.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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