Search for majorana fermions in superconductors

Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-136

  Beenakker, C W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

midgap states; non Abelian anyons; topological insulators; topological superconductors; topological zero modes

Indexed keywords

CHARGE DIFFERENCE; ELEMENTARY BUILDING BLOCKS; ENERGY DIFFERENCES; MIDGAP STATES; NON-ABELIAN ANYONS; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS; TOPOLOGICAL ZERO MODES; ZERO POINT MOTION;

QUANTUM COMPUTERS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; TOPOLOGY;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84873508485     PISSN: 19475454     EISSN: 19475462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-030212-184337     Document Type: Article

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