Majorana modes in trapped-ion system and their Floquet engineering
arXiv:2401.11510 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.109.184518
Abstract
Obeying non-Abelian statistics, Majorana fermions holds a promise to implement fault-tolerant quantum computing. It was found that Majorana fermions can be simulated by the zero-energy excitation in a nanowire with strong spin-orbit coupling interacting with an -wave superconductor under a magnetic field. However, the signal of Majorana fermion in that system is obscured by the disorder in the nanowire and the confinement potential at the wire end. Thus, more controllable platforms are desired to simulate Majorana fermions. We here propose an alternative scheme to simulate the Majorana fermions in a trapped-ion system. Our dimerized-ion configuration permits us to generate the Majorana modes not only at zero energy but also at the nonzero ones, which enlarge the family of Majorana modes and supply another qubit carrier for quantum computing. We also investigate the controllability of the Majorana modes by Floquet engineering. It is found that a widely tunable number of Majorana modes are created on demand by applying a periodic driving on the trapped-ion system. Enriching the platforms for simulating Majorana fermions, our result would open another avenue for realizing fault-tolerant quantum computing.
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