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most citedMany-body Majorana braiding without an exponential Hilbert space

21 citations · 53 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Negative Hybridization: a Potential Cure for Braiding with Imperfect Majorana Modes

Cole Peeters, Themba Hodge, Stephan Rachel

Majorana zero modes, the elementary building blocks for the quantum bits of topological quantum computers, are known to suffer from hybridization as their wavefunctions begin to ov…

quant-ph2025★ 2 cited

Majorana braiding simulations with projective measurements

Philipp Frey, Themba Hodge, Eric Mascot +1

We summarize the key ingredients required for universal topological quantum computation using Majorana zero modes in networks of topological superconductor nanowires. Particular em…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025★ 3 cited

Altermagnet-Superconductor Heterostructure: a Scalable Platform for Braiding of Majorana Modes

Themba Hodge, Eric Mascot, Stephan Rachel

Topological quantum computation, featuring qubits built out of anyonic excitations known as Majorana zero modes (MZMs), have long presented an exciting pathway towards scalable qua…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025★ 3 cited

Fusion Dynamics of Majorana Zero Modes

Themba Hodge, Tuan Kieu, Jasmin Bedow +3

Braiding and fusion of Majorana zero modes are key elements of any future topological Majorana-based quantum computer. Here, we investigate the fusion dynamics of Majorana zero mod…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 13 cited

Effect of impurities and disorder on the braiding dynamics of Majorana zero modes

Cole Peeters, Themba Hodge, Eric Mascot +1

Impurities and random disorder are known to affect topological superconducting phases and their Majorana zero modes (MZMs). In particular, it is a common assumption that disorder n…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 11 cited

Characterizing Dynamic Majorana Hybridization for Universal Quantum Computing

Themba Hodge, Eric Mascot, Dan Crawford +1

Qubits built out of Majorana zero modes (MZMs) have long been theorized as a potential pathway toward fault-tolerant topological quantum computation. Almost unavoidable in these pr…

quant-ph2023★ 21 cited

Many-body Majorana braiding without an exponential Hilbert space

Eric Mascot, Themba Hodge, Dan Crawford +3

Qubits built out of Majorana zero modes (MZMs) constitute the primary path towards topologically protected quantum computing. Simulating the braiding process of multiple MZMs corre…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023

Implementation of Topological Quantum Gates in Magnet-Superconductor Hybrid Structures

Jasmin Bedow, Eric Mascot, Themba Hodge +2

The creation of topological quantum gates using Majorana zero modes -- an outstanding problem in the field of topological quantum computing -- relies on our ability to control the…