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Majorana Qubits

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Abstract

Topological qubits are protected against decoherence from local noise sources which would provide important advantages for building stable qubits. We pursue the path of Majorana qubits based on nanoscale devices built from hybrid semiconductor-superconductor materials. The qubit states are formed by the parity of the occupation of pairs of Majorana zero modes. Quantum superpositions are created by braiding gates. We will present our scalable approach and the results on our path towards Majorana qubits.

Presenters

  • Leo Kouwenhoven

    Microsoft Quantum Lab Delft, Delft University of Technology, Delft University of Technology, Quantum Labs Delft, Microsoft, Microsoft Quantum Lab Delft, Quantum Lab Delft, Microsoft, Microsoft Corp

Authors

  • Leo Kouwenhoven

    Microsoft Quantum Lab Delft, Delft University of Technology, Delft University of Technology, Quantum Labs Delft, Microsoft, Microsoft Quantum Lab Delft, Quantum Lab Delft, Microsoft, Microsoft Corp