Electron teleportation via Majorana Bound States in a Mesoscopic Superconductor

Majorana fermions are non-Abelian anyons in 5/2 fractional quantum Hall states and superconductors, which can store quantum information in an inherently nonlocal way. We describe a phase-coherent electron transport phenomena through two spatially separated Majorana bound states in a mesoscopic superconductor. This striking nonlocal effect arises from the interplay between topological order, superconducting order parameter and mesoscopic effects. We discuss its implications for experimental detection of Majorana fermions and topological quantum computation. Ref: Liang Fu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 056402