A theorem for the existence of Majorana fermion modes in spin-orbit-coupled semiconductors

Annals of Physics

Volumn 325, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 219-231

  Tewari, Sumanta ^a   Sau, Jay D ^b   Das Sarma, S ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Joint Quantum Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Majorana fermions; Non Abelian statistics; Semiconductor; Superconductor; Topological quantum computation

Indexed keywords

EID: 73449084079     PISSN: 00034916     EISSN: 1096035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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