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Optical manipulation of domains in chiral topological superconductors

Tao Yu, Martin Claassen, Dante M. Kennes, Michael A. Sentef

2021Physical Review Research19 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

The authors investigate the requirements for optical enhancement of chiral superconductivity. They study conditions for writing, erasing, and moving domains hosting chiral Majorana modes at their boundaries and propose optically programmable quantum logic gates.

Topics & Concepts

SupercurrentSuperconductivityMAJORANAPhysicsTopology (electrical circuits)Coupling (piping)Chirality (physics)Ultrashort pulseCondensed matter physicsQuantum mechanicsLaserChiral anomalyFermionMaterials scienceMathematicsNambu–Jona-Lasinio modelMetallurgyCombinatoricsJosephson effectTopological Materials and PhenomenaQuantum and electron transport phenomenaPhysics of Superconductivity and Magnetism