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Timescales for charge transfer based operations on Majorana systems

Seoane Souto, Ruben LU orcid ; Flensberg, Karsten and Leijnse, Martin LU (2020) In Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Abstract
In this Rapid Communication we analyze the efficiency of operations based on transferring charge from a quantum dot (QD) to two coupled topological superconductors, which can be used for performing non-Abelian operations on Majorana bound states (MBSs). We develop a method which allows us to describe the full time evolution of the system as the QD energy is manipulated. Using a full counting statistics analysis, we set bounds to the operation timescales. The lower bound depends on the superconducting phase difference due to a partial decoupling of the different MBS parity sectors, while the upper bound is set by the tunneling of quasiparticles to the MBSs. Using realistic parameters, we find the existence of a regime where the operation... (More)
In this Rapid Communication we analyze the efficiency of operations based on transferring charge from a quantum dot (QD) to two coupled topological superconductors, which can be used for performing non-Abelian operations on Majorana bound states (MBSs). We develop a method which allows us to describe the full time evolution of the system as the QD energy is manipulated. Using a full counting statistics analysis, we set bounds to the operation timescales. The lower bound depends on the superconducting phase difference due to a partial decoupling of the different MBS parity sectors, while the upper bound is set by the tunneling of quasiparticles to the MBSs. Using realistic parameters, we find the existence of a regime where the operation can be carried out with a fidelity close to unity. Finally, we propose the use of a two-operation protocol to quantify the effect of the dephasing and accumulated dynamical phases, demonstrating their absence for certain superconducting phase differences. (Less)
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10.1103/PhysRevB.101.081407
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  abstract     = {{In this Rapid Communication we analyze the efficiency of operations based on transferring charge from a quantum dot (QD) to two coupled topological superconductors, which can be used for performing non-Abelian operations on Majorana bound states (MBSs). We develop a method which allows us to describe the full time evolution of the system as the QD energy is manipulated. Using a full counting statistics analysis, we set bounds to the operation timescales. The lower bound depends on the superconducting phase difference due to a partial decoupling of the different MBS parity sectors, while the upper bound is set by the tunneling of quasiparticles to the MBSs. Using realistic parameters, we find the existence of a regime where the operation can be carried out with a fidelity close to unity. Finally, we propose the use of a two-operation protocol to quantify the effect of the dephasing and accumulated dynamical phases, demonstrating their absence for certain superconducting phase differences.}},
  author       = {{Seoane Souto, Ruben and Flensberg, Karsten and Leijnse, Martin}},
  issn         = {{1550-235X}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{American Physical Society}},
  series       = {{Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics}},
  title        = {{Timescales for charge transfer based operations on Majorana systems}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.081407}},
  doi          = {{10.1103/PhysRevB.101.081407}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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