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most citedSpin-dependent zero-bias peak in a hybrid nanowire-quantum dot system: Distinguishing isolated Majorana fermions from Andreev bound states

74 citations · 398 across the 30 of their papers we have counts for

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30 papers

physics.optics2026

Engineering Tunable Synthetic Su-Schrieffer-Heeger Chains in Liquid Crystal Microcavities

Joanna Mędrzycka, Luciano S. Ricco, Piotr Kapuściński +8

Optical microcavities have emerged as a powerful platform for emulating topological phases challenging to realize in conventional materials, offering precise control over dispersio…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Phase transitions induced by resonant light: a phenomenological approach

A. Kudlis, L. S. Ricco, H. Sigurðsson +1

We present a phenomenological framework to describe a subclass of light-induced phase transitions (LIPTs) in condensed matter systems, specifically those mediated by the resonant g…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025★ 1 cited

Electrically reconfigurable extended lasing state in an organic liquid-crystal microcavity

Dmitriy Dovzhenko, Luciano Siliano Ricco, Krzysztof Sawicki +12

Small-footprint, low-power arrays of coupled coherent emitters with the capability of near- and far-field engineering and coherence control are highly sought after to meet modern n…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024

Squeezed state protection of fine structure in "Poor Man's Majorana" via quantum spin coupling

J. E. Sanches, L. T. Lustosa, L. S. Ricco +5

The "Poor Man's Majorana" [Phys. Rev. B 86, 134528 (2012)] devoid of topological protection has been theoretically predicted to rely on the minimal Kitaev chain. Afterward, a pair…

quant-ph2023

Qubit Gate Operations in Elliptically Trapped Polariton Condensates

Luciano S. Ricco, Ivan A. Shelykh, Alexey Kavokin

We consider bosonic condensates of exciton-polaritons optically confined in elliptical traps. A superposition of two non-degenerated \textit{p}-type states of the condensate orient…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023

Spin-Polarized Majorana Zero Modes in Proximitized Superconducting Penta-Silicene Nanoribbons

R. C. Bento Ribeiro, J. H. Correa, L. S. Ricco +6

We theoretically investigate the possibility of obtaining Majorana zero modes (MZMs) in penta-silicene nanoribbons (p-SiNRs) with induced \textit{p}-wave superconductivity. The mod…

quant-ph2023★ 12 cited

Grüneisen parameter as an entanglement compass and the breakdown of the Hellmann-Feynman theorem

Lucas Squillante, Luciano S. Ricco, Aniekan Magnus Ukpong +3

The Grüneisen ratio , i.e., the singular part of the ratio of thermal expansion to the specific heat, has been broadly employed to explore both finite- and quantum critical p…

cond-mat.supr-con2023★ 3 cited

Fractionalization of Majorana-Ising-type quasiparticles

J. E. Sanches, L. T. Lustosa, L. S. Ricco +4

We theoretically investigate the spectral properties of a quantum impurity (QI) hosting the here proposed {Majorana-Ising-type quasiparticle (MIQ) excitation}. It arises from the c…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 11 cited

Reshaping the Jaynes-Cummings ladder with Majorana bound states

L. S. Ricco, V. K. Kozin, A. C. Seridonio +1

We study the optical properties of a hybrid device composed by a quantum dot (QD) resonantly coupled to a photonic mode of an optical microcavity and a Majorana nanowire: a topolog…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 4 cited

Topological charge Fano effect in multi-Weyl semimetals

W. C. Silva, W. N. Mizobata, J. E. Sanches +6

We theoretically analyze the Fano interference in a single impurity multi-Weyl semimetal hybrid system and show the emergence of the topological charge Fano effect in the bulk loca…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021

Spin-polarized Majorana zero-modes in double zigzag honeycomb nanoribbons

R. C. Bento Ribeiro, J. H. Correa, L. S. Ricco +2

We study the emergence of Majorana zero modes (MZMs) at the ends of a finite double zigzag honeycomb nanoribbon (zHNR). We show that a double zHNR geometry can host spin-polarized…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 15 cited

Accessing the degree of Majorana nonlocality in a quantum dot-optical microcavity system

L. S. Ricco, V. K. Kozin, A. C. Seridonio +1

We explore the tunneling transport properties of a quantum dot embedded in an optical microcavity and coupled to a semiconductor-superconductor one-dimensional nanowire (Majorana n…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 24 cited

Interaction induced hybridization of Majorana zero-modes in a coupled quantum-dot hybrid-nanowire system

L. S. Ricco, Y. Marques, J. E. Sanches +2

We study the low-energy transport properties of a hybrid device composed by a native quantum dot coupled to both ends of a topological superconducting nanowire section hosting Majo…

cond-mat.str-el2020★ 3 cited

Atomic frustrated impurity states in Weyl metals

W. N. Mizobata, Y. Marques, M. Penha +5

We theoretically analyze the effect of the inversion symmetry breaking on the structure of the impurity molecular states in Weyl metals. We show that for the case of a highly nonce…

cond-mat.supr-con2020★ 15 cited

Topological isoconductance signatures in Majorana nanowires

L. S. Ricco, J. E. Sanches, Y. Marques +4

We consider transport properties of a hybrid device composed by a quantum dot placed between normal and superconducting reservoirs, and coupled to a Majorana nanowire: a topologica…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 19 cited

Majorana molecules and their spectral fingerprints

J. E. Sanches, L. S. Ricco, W. N. Mizobata +4

We introduce the concept of a Majorana molecule, a topological bound state appearing in the geometry of a double quantum dot (QD) structure flanking a topological superconducting n…

cond-mat.mes-hall2018★ 74 cited

Spin-dependent zero-bias peak in a hybrid nanowire-quantum dot system: Distinguishing isolated Majorana fermions from Andreev bound states

L. S. Ricco, M. de Souza, M. S. Figueira +2

Hybrid system composed by a semiconducting nanowire with proximity-induced superconductivity and a quantum dot at the end working as spectrometer was recently used to quantify the…

cond-mat.mes-hall2018★ 42 cited

Majorana oscillations modulated by Fano interference and dregree of non-locality in a topological superconducting nanowire-quantum dot system

L. S. Ricco, V. L. Campo, I. A. Shelykh +1

We explore theoretically the influence of Fano interference in the so-called Majorana oscillations in a T-shaped hybrid setup formed by a quantum dot (QD) placed between conducting…

cond-mat.str-el2017★ 7 cited

Antibonding Ground state of Adatom Molecules in Bulk Dirac Semimetals

Y. Marques, A. E. Obispo, L. S. Ricco +3

The ground state of the diatomic molecules in nature is inevitably bonding, and its first excited state is antibonding. We demonstrate theoretically that, for a pair of distant ada…

cond-mat.mes-hall2017★ 15 cited

Isolating Majorana fermions with finite Kitaev nanowires and temperature: the universality of the zero-bias conductance

V. L. Campo, L. S. Ricco, A. C. Seridonio

The zero-bias peak (ZBP) is understood as the definite signature of a Majorana bound state (MBS) when attached to a semi-infinite Kitaev nanowire (KNW) nearby zero temperature. How…

cond-mat.mes-hall2017★ 22 cited

Encrypting Majorana Fermions-qubits as Bound States in the Continuum

L. H. Guessi, F. A. Dessotti, Y. Marques +5

We theoretically investigate a topological Kitaev chain connected to a double quantum-dot (QD) setup hybridized with metallic leads. In this system we observe the emergence of two…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 36 cited

Tuning of heat and charge transport by Majorana fermions

L. S. Ricco, F. A. Dessotti, I. A. Shelykh +2

We investigate theoretically thermal and electrical conductances for the system consisting of a quantum dot (QD) connected both to a pair of Majorana fermions residing the edges of…

cond-mat.str-el2016★ 3 cited

Realization of anomalous multiferroicity in free-standing graphene with magnetic adatoms

Y. Marques, L. S. Ricco, F. A. Dessotti +4

It is generally believed that free-standing graphene does not demonstrate any ferroic properties. In the present work we revise this statement and show that single graphene sheet w…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 14 cited

Unveiling Majorana Quasiparticles by a Quantum Phase Transition: Proposal of a Current Switch

F. A. Dessotti, L. S. Ricco, Y. Marques +6

We propose a theoretical approach based on an interferometer composed by two quantum dots asymmetrically coupled to isolated Majorana quasiparticles (MQPs), lying on the edges of t…