Subgap states in semiconductor-superconductor devices for quantum technologies: Andreev qubits and minimal Majorana chains
arXiv:2404.06592 · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-55657-9_3
Abstract
In recent years, experimental advances have made it possible to achieve an unprecedented degree of control over the properties of subgap bound states in hybrid nanoscale superconducting structures. This research has been driven by the promise of engineering subgap states for quantum applications, which includes Majorana zero modes predicted to appear at the interface of superconductor and other materials, like topological insulators or semiconductors. In this chapter, we revise the status of the field towards the engineering of quantum devices in controllable semiconductor-superconductor heterostructures. We begin the chapter with a brief introduction about subgap states, focusing on their mathematical formulation. After introducing topological superconductivity using the Kitaev model, we discuss the advances in the search for Majorana states over the last few years, highlighting the difficulties of unambiguously distinguish these states from nontopological subgap states. In recent years, the precise engineering of bound states by a bottom-up approach using quantum dots has led to unprecedented experimental advances, including experimental demonstrations of an Andreev qubits based on a quantum dot Josephson junction and a minimal Kitaev chain based on two quantum dots coherently coupled by the bound states of an intermediate superconducting segment. These experimental advances have revitalized the field and helped to understand that, far from being a disadvantage, the presence of subgap bound states can be exploited for new qubit designs and quantum coherence experiments, including Majorana-based qubits.
arXiv commentThis is a preprint of a chapter to be published in "New Trends and Platforms for Quantum Technologies", edited by R. Aguado, R. Citro, M. Lewenstein, and M. Stern, 2024, Springer. Reproduced with permission of Springer Nature Switzerland AG. We will provide a link to the final authenticated version when available
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