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20162026
most citedFrom Andreev to Majorana bound states in hybrid superconductor-semiconductor nanowires

466 citations · 1.6k across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

20 Second Parity Lifetime in an InAs--Pb Tetron Device

Morteza Aghaee, Zulfi Alam, Mariusz Andrzejczuk +162

A central promise of topological quantum computing is that increasing the excitation gap improves device performance significantly. Here, we experimentally validate this principle…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 56 cited

In-plane selective area InSb-Al nanowire quantum networks

Roy L. M. Op het Veld, Di Xu, Vanessa Schaller +19

Strong spin-orbit semiconductor nanowires coupled to a superconductor are predicted to host Majorana zero modes. Exchange (braiding) operations of Majorana modes form the logical g…

cond-mat.supr-con2019★ 466 cited

From Andreev to Majorana bound states in hybrid superconductor-semiconductor nanowires

Elsa Prada, Pablo San-Jose, Michiel W. A. de Moor +7

Electronic excitations above the ground state must overcome an energy gap in superconductors with spatially-homogeneous s-wave pairing. In contrast, inhomogeneous superconductors s…

cond-mat.mes-hall2018★ 100 cited

Electric field tunable superconductor-semiconductor coupling in Majorana nanowires

Michiel W. A. de Moor, Jouri D. S. Bommer, Di Xu +16

We study the effect of external electric fields on superconductor-semiconductor coupling by measuring the electron transport in InSb semiconductor nanowires coupled to an epitaxial…

cond-mat.mes-hall2017★ 229 cited

Ballistic superconductivity in semiconductor nanowires

Hao Zhang, Önder Gül, Sonia Conesa-Boj +19

Semiconductor nanowires have opened new research avenues in quantum transport owing to their confined geometry and electrostatic tunability. They have offered an exceptional testbe…

cond-mat.mes-hall2017★ 253 cited

Epitaxy of Advanced Nanowire Quantum Devices

Sasa Gazibegovic, Diana Car, Hao Zhang +20

Semiconductor nanowires provide an ideal platform for various low-dimensional quantum devices. In particular, topological phases of matter hosting non-Abelian quasi-particles can e…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 10 cited

InSb Nanowires with Built-In GaxIn1-xSb Tunnel Barriers for Majorana Devices

Diana Car, Sonia Conesa-Boj, Hao Zhang +12

Majorana zero modes (MZMs), prime candidates for topological quantum bits, are detected as zero bias conductance peaks (ZBPs) in tunneling spectroscopy measurements. Implementation…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 108 cited

Conductance Quantization at zero magnetic field in InSb nanowires

Jakob Kammhuber, Maja C. Cassidy, Hao Zhang +10

Ballistic electron transport is a key requirement for existence of a topological phase transition in proximitized InSb nanowires. However, measurements of quantized conductance as…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 349 cited

Ballistic Majorana nanowire devices

Önder Gül, Hao Zhang, Jouri D. S. Bommer +8

Majorana modes are zero-energy excitations of a topological superconductor that exhibit non-Abelian statistics. Following proposals for their detection in a semiconductor nanowire…