Print Email Facebook Twitter Semiconductor Nanowire Josephson Junctions Title Semiconductor Nanowire Josephson Junctions: In the search for the Majorana Author van Woerkom, D.J. (TU Delft QRD/Kouwenhoven Lab) Contributor Kouwenhoven, Leo P. (promotor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Date 2017-03-10 Abstract Due to the collective behavior of electrons, exotic states can appear in condensed matter systems. In this PhD thesis, we investigate semiconducting nanowire Josephson junctions that potentially have Majorana zero modes (MZM) as exotic states. MZM are expected to form a robust quantum bit and quantum operations are done by interchange, otherwise known as braiding. The presence of MZM in a Josephson junction creates a topological junction, with properties which are drastically different from a normal Josephson junction. Understanding such topological junctions is of key importance in developing circuits for MZM braiding. Subject Josephson junctionsAndreev bound stateInSbInAsMajoranasemiconductor nanowire To reference this document use: https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:8e71db73-d77d-4e53-ae13-33add0a9c5aa ISBN 978-90-8593-282-6 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights © 2017 D.J. van Woerkom Files PDF combined_all_final.pdf 26.33 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:8e71db73-d77d-4e53-ae13-33add0a9c5aa/datastream/OBJ/view