Braiding errors in interacting Majorana quantum wires

作者:Sekania Michael; Plugge Stephan; Greiter Martin; Thomale Ronny; Schmitteckert Peter
来源:PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 2017, 96(9): 094307.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.96.094307

摘要

Avenues of Majorana bound states (MBSs) have become one of the primary directions towards a possible realization of topological quantum computation. For a Y junction of Kitaev quantum wires, we numerically investigate the braiding of MBSs while considering the full quasiparticle background. The two central sources of braiding errors are found to be the fidelity loss due to the incomplete adiabaticity of the braiding operation as well as the finite hybridization of the MBSs. The explicit extraction of the braiding phase from the full many-particle states allows us to analyze the breakdown of the independent-particle picture of Majorana braiding. Furthermore, we find nearest-neighbor interactions to significantly affect the braiding performance for better or worse, depending on the sign and magnitude of the coupling.

  • 出版日期2017-9-19