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Majorana Zero Modes

Majorana Zero Modes is a type of quasiparticle excitation in topological phases of matter that is its own antiparticle and emerges as a zero-energy mode localized at defects or boundaries in superconducting systems with strong spin-orbit coupling and topological protection.

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Unpaired Majorana fermions in quantum wires

Physics-Uspekhi · 2001 · 4.8K citations · Full text

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Signatures of Majorana Fermions in Hybrid Superconductor-Semiconductor Nanowire Devices

Vincent Mourik, Kun Zuo, Sergey Frolov et al. · Science · 2012 · 4.2K citations · Full text

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Majorana Fermions and a Topological Phase Transition in Semiconductor-Superconductor Heterostructures

Roman M. Lutchyn, Jay D. Sau, S. Das Sarma · Physical Review Letters · 2010 · 3.5K citations · Full text

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Helical Liquids and Majorana Bound States in Quantum Wires

Yuval Oreg, Gil Refael, Felix von Oppen · Physical Review Letters · 2010 · 3.2K citations · Full text

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Unpaired majorana fermions in quantum wires

2000 · 2.1K citations

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  1. SD
    S. Das Sarma

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    66 publications · 13.2K citations

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  2. JD
    Jay D. Sau

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    47 publications · 9.7K citations

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  3. ST
    Sumanta Tewari

    Clemson University, United States

    34 publications · 5.5K citations

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  4. JK
    Jelena Klinovaja

    University of Basel, Switzerland

    33 publications · 2.9K citations

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  5. DL
    Daniel Loss

    University of Basel, Switzerland

    32 publications · 3K citations

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  1. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    51 h-index

    223 publications

    39.5K citations

  2. Microsoft (United States)

    Redmond, United States

    45 h-index

    161 publications

    24.2K citations

  3. Joint Quantum Institute

    College Park, United States

    42 h-index

    197 publications

    35.8K citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    39 h-index

    84 publications

    13.2K citations

  5. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    38 h-index

    106 publications

    13.5K citations

  6. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    38 h-index

    216 publications

    45.6K citations

  7. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    38 h-index

    135 publications

    18.9K citations

  8. Weizmann Institute of Science

    Rehovot, Israel

    37 h-index

    126 publications

    24.1K citations

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  1. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 266 publications · 41.8K citations

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  2. Physical Review B

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  3. Physical review. B./Physical review. B

    PRB · 489 publications · 18.9K citations

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  4. Nature Communications

    40 publications · 3.9K citations

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  5. Journal of High Energy Physics

    JHEP · 60 publications · 3.4K citations

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