Detecting non-Abelian statistics of Majorana fermions in quantum nanowire networks
arXiv:1106.5091 · doi:10.1134/S002136401115015X
Abstract
We propose a scheme in semiconducting quantum nanowires structure to demonstrate the non-Abelian statistics for Majorana fermions in terms of braid group. The Majorana fermions are localized at the endpoints of semiconducting wires, which are deposited on an \emph{s}-wave superconductor. The non-Abelian nature of Majorana fermion is manifested by the fact that the output of the different applied orders of two operations, constructed by the braid group elements, are different. In particular, the difference can be unambiguously imprinted on the quantum states of a superconducting flux qubit.
V1, accepted for publication at JETP Letters; v2, typos corrected
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