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20232026
most citedA two-site Kitaev chain in a two-dimensional electron gas

86 citations · 229 across the 16 of their papers we have counts for

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17 papers

quant-ph2026

To Scale Up or To Scale Out: Evaluating Space-Time Costs of Compiled Logical Circuits on Modular Superconducting Quantum Processors

Nikiforos Paraskevopoulos, Sebastian de Bone, Mick Christophersen +4

Modular integration has emerged as the main pathway for scaling superconducting quantum processing units (QPUs) beyond the constraints of fabrication yield and physical footprint.…

quant-ph2026

Coherence limitations of a Fourier-engineered transmon qubit

Nataliia K. Zhurbina, Siddharth Singh, Lukas J. Splitthoff +4

Intrinsically protected superconducting qubits are a promising route toward enhancing coherence times and advancing hardware towards applications in quantum computing. The $\cos(2φ…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Probing ground-state degeneracies of a strongly interacting Fermi-Hubbard model with superconducting correlations

Sebastiaan L. D. ten Haaf, Sebastian Miles, Qingzhen Wang +6

The Fermi-Hubbard model and its rich phase diagram naturally emerges as a description for a wide range of electronic systems. Recent advances in semiconductor-superconductor hybrid…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Effective Hamiltonians for Ge/Si core/shell nanowires from higher order perturbation theory

Sebastian Miles, A. Mert Bozkurt, Dániel Varjas +1

We theoretically explore the electronic structure of holes in cylindrical Germanium/Silicon core/shell nanowires using a perturbation theory approach. The approach yields a set of…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025★ 1 cited

Pareto-optimality of Majoranas in hybrid platforms

Juan Daniel Torres Luna, Sebastian Miles, A. Mert Bozkurt +4

To observe Majorana bound states, and especially to use them as a qubit, requires careful optimization of competing quality metrics. We systematically compare Majorana quality in p…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025★ 1 cited

Quantifying robustness and locality of Majorana bound states in interacting systems

William Samuelson, Juan Daniel Torres Luna, Sebastian Miles +4

Protecting qubits from perturbations is a central challenge in quantum computing. Topological superconductors with separated Majorana bound states (MBSs) provide a strong form of p…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025★ 4 cited

Braiding Majoranas in a linear quantum dot-superconductor array: Mitigating the errors from Coulomb repulsion and residual tunneling

Sebastian Miles, Francesco Zatelli, A. Mert Bozkurt +2

Exchanging the positions of two non-Abelian anyons transforms between many-body wavefunctions within a degenerate ground-state manifold. This behavior is fundamentally distinct fro…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 2 cited

Entanglement Generation and Stabilization by Coherent Collisions

A. Mert Bozkurt, Rosa López, Sungguen Ryu

Collision is a useful tool for revealing quantum effects and realizing quantum informational tasks. We demonstrate that repeated collisions by itinerant electrons can dissipatively…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 8 cited

Scaling up a sign-ordered Kitaev chain without magnetic flux control

Chun-Xiao Liu, Sebastian Miles, Alberto Bordin +4

Quantum dot-superconductor arrays have emerged as a new and promising material platform for realizing topological Kitaev chains. So far, experiments have implemented a two-site cha…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 9 cited

Interaction-induced strong zero modes in short quantum dot chains with time-reversal symmetry

A. Mert Bozkurt, Sebastian Miles, Sebastiaan L. D. ten Haaf +3

We theoretically explore the emergence of strong zero modes in a two-site chain consisting of two quantum dots coupled due to a central dot that mediates electron hopping and singl…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024

Cross-Platform Autonomous Control of Minimal Kitaev Chains

David van Driel, Rouven Koch, Vincent P. M. Sietses +21

Contemporary quantum devices are reaching new limits in size and complexity, allowing for the experimental exploration of emergent quantum modes. However, this increased complexity…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 2 cited

Entropy Driven Inductive Response of Topological Insulators

A. Mert Bozkurt, Sofie Kölling, Alexander Brinkman +1

3D topological insulators are characterized by an insulating bulk and extended surface states exhibiting a helical spin texture. In this work, we investigate the hyperfine interact…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 15 cited

Flux-tunable Kitaev chain in a quantum dot array

Juan Daniel Torres Luna, A. Mert Bozkurt, Michael Wimmer +1

Connecting quantum dots through Andreev bound states in a semiconductor-superconductor hybrid provides a platform to create a Kitaev chain. Interestingly, in a double quantum dot,…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 1 cited

Quantum Scars and Caustics in Majorana Billiards

R. Johanna Zijderveld, A. Mert Bozkurt, Michael Wimmer +1

We demonstrate that the classical dynamics influence the localization behaviour of Majorana wavefunctions in Majorana billiards. By using a connection between Majorana wavefunction…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 64 cited

Robust poor man's Majorana zero modes using Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states

Francesco Zatelli, David van Driel, Di Xu +14

The recent realization of a two-site Kitaev chain featuring "poor man's Majorana" states demonstrates a path forward in the field of topological superconductivity. Harnessing the p…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 86 cited

A two-site Kitaev chain in a two-dimensional electron gas

Sebastiaan L. D. ten Haaf, Qingzhen Wang, A. Mert Bozkurt +9

Artificial Kitaev chains can be used to engineer Majorana bound states (MBSs) in superconductor-semiconductor hybrids. In this work, we realize a two-site Kitaev chain in a two-dim…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 36 cited

Enhancing the excitation gap of a quantum-dot-based Kitaev chain

Chun-Xiao Liu, A. Mert Bozkurt, Francesco Zatelli +3

Connecting double quantum dots via a semiconductor-superconductor hybrid segment offers a platform for creating a two-site Kitaev chain that hosts a pair of "poor man's Majoranas"…