Innovating Works

MajoranasAreReal

Financiado
Search for mechanisms to control chiral Majorana modes in superconductors
"Quantum mechanics teaches that electrons have a complex wave function, characterized by an amplitude and a phase. As first theorized by Majorana, it is possible in principle for a charge-neutral particle to have a real wave funct... "Quantum mechanics teaches that electrons have a complex wave function, characterized by an amplitude and a phase. As first theorized by Majorana, it is possible in principle for a charge-neutral particle to have a real wave function. Such real fermions, or Majorana fermions, could be robust carriers of quantum information, insensitive to charge noise and other sources of dephasing. With recent experimental developments in topological superconductivity this idea is becoming a reality. Our objective is to design methods to control the flow of quantum information encoded in ""flying"" qubits based on Majorana fermions propagating unidirectionally (chirally) in the edge modes of a topological superconductor. We aim for tools to control the phase, charge, and fermion parity of the chiral Majorana modes, on both two-dimensional and three-dimensional platforms, to enable the computational applications of entanglement, braiding, and quantum state transfer. The impact of this project is that it will provide the basic building blocks for the integration of localized and flying Majorana qubits in the architecture of a topological quantum computer. The key high-risk/high-reward deliverable is a method to exploit the chiral motion of flying Majorana qubits to facilitate braiding operations, as a demonstration of non-Abelian exchange statistics." ver más
30/04/2025
ULEI
2M€
Duración del proyecto: 72 meses Fecha Inicio: 2019-04-16
Fecha Fin: 2025-04-30

Línea de financiación: concedida

El organismo H2020 notifico la concesión del proyecto el día 2019-04-16
Línea de financiación objetivo El proyecto se financió a través de la siguiente ayuda:
ERC-2018-ADG: ERC Advanced Grant
Cerrada hace 6 años
Presupuesto El presupuesto total del proyecto asciende a 2M€
Líder del proyecto
UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN No se ha especificado una descripción o un objeto social para esta compañía.
Perfil tecnológico TRL 4-5