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QTM2x 2018 27 Majorana Experiments-Slides Compressed

Michael Wimmer discusses recent experiments showing evidence of Majorana bound states in hybrid superconducting systems. Three key experiments are summarized: 1) Majorana bound states were first observed at a finite magnetic field using Andreev spectroscopy; 2) Exponential protection of Majoranas was later demonstrated; 3) Most recently, quantized Majorana conductance was measured, providing strong evidence that Majoranas were observed. The document concludes by noting Majoranas may also appear in other hybrid systems like superfluid Helium-3 or fractional quantum Hall systems.

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QTM2x 2018 27 Majorana Experiments-Slides Compressed

Michael Wimmer discusses recent experiments showing evidence of Majorana bound states in hybrid superconducting systems. Three key experiments are summarized: 1) Majorana bound states were first observed at a finite magnetic field using Andreev spectroscopy; 2) Exponential protection of Majoranas was later demonstrated; 3) Most recently, quantized Majorana conductance was measured, providing strong evidence that Majoranas were observed. The document concludes by noting Majoranas may also appear in other hybrid systems like superfluid Helium-3 or fractional quantum Hall systems.

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Michael Wimmer

Majorana experiments
V. Mourik et al., Science 336, 1003 (2012)

• Majorana bound states appear at finite magnetic field


• Measurement: current-voltage characteristics
Andreev spectroscopy at zero B-field (no Majoranas)
Andreev spectroscopy at finite B-field (with Majoranas)

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V. Mourik et al., Science 336, 1003 (2012)
2016 2018
Exponential protection of Quantized Majorana
Majoranas conductance

S. Albrecht et al., Nature 531, 206 (2016) H. Zhang et al., Nature 556, 74 (2018)
Majoranas may appear in many other hybrid
superconducting systems.

Prominent example: … or in even more


exotic systems

• Superfluid Helium-3
• Fractional Quantum
Hall effect

S. Nadj-Perge, Science 346, 6209 (2014)

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