307 research outputs found

    New universal gates for topological quantum computation with Fibonacci-ε\boldsymbol{\varepsilon} composite Majorana edge modes on topological superconductor multilayers

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    We propose a new design of universal topological quantum computer device through a hybrid of the 1-, 2- and 7-layers of chiral topological superconductor (χ\chiTSC) thin films. Based on the SO(7)1/(G2)1SO(7)_1/(G_2)_1 coset construction, strongly correlated Majorana fermion edge modes on the 7-layers of χ\chiTSC are factorized into the composite of the Fibonacci τ\tau-anyon and ε\varepsilon-anyon modes in the tricritical Ising model. Furthermore, the deconfinement of τ\tau and ε\varepsilon via the interacting potential gives the braiding of either τ\tau or ε\varepsilon. Topological phase gates are assembled by the braidings. With these topological phase gates, we find a set of fully topological universal gates for the (τ,ε)(\tau,\varepsilon) composite Majorana-Ising-type quantum computation. Because the Hilbert space still possesses a tensor product structure of quibts and is characterized by the fermion parities, encoding quantum information in this machine is more efficient and substantial than that with Fibonacci anyons. The computation results is easier to be read out by electric signals, so are the initial data inputted.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figues, revised versio

    Abelian and non-abelian anyons in integer quantum anomalous Hall effect and topological phase transitions via superconducting proximity effect

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    We study the quantum anomalous Hall effect described by a class of two-component Haldane models on square lattices. We show that the latter can be transformed into a pseudospin triplet p+ip-wave paired superfluid. In the long wave length limit, the ground state wave function is described by Halperin's (1,1,-1) state of neutral fermions analogous to the double layer quantum Hall effect. The vortex excitations are charge e/2 abelian anyons which carry a neutral Dirac fermion zero mode. The superconducting proximity effect induces `tunneling' between `layers' which leads to topological phase transitions whereby the Dirac fermion zero mode fractionalizes and Majorana fermions emerge in the edge states. The charge e/2 vortex excitation carrying a Majorana zero mode is a non-abelian anyon. The proximity effect can also drive a conventional insulator into a quantum anomalous Hall effect state with a Majorana edge mode and the non-abelian vortex excitations.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, accepted by Phys. Rev.

    Correlation-hole induced paired quantum Hall states in lowest Landau level

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    A theory is developed for the paired even-denominator fractional quantum Hall states in the lowest Landau level. We show that electrons bind to quantized vortices to form composite fermions, interacting through an exact instantaneous interaction that favors chiral p-wave pairing. Two canonically dual pairing gap functions are related by the bosonic Laughlin wavefunction (Jastraw factor) due to the correlation holes. We find that the ground state is the Moore-Read pfaffian in the long wavelength limit for weak Coulomb interactions, a new pfaffian of an oscillatory pairing function for intermediate interactions, and a Read-Rezayi composite Fermi liquid beyond a critical interaction strength. Our findings are consistent with recent experimental observations of the 1/2 and 1/4 fractional quantum Hall effects in asymmetric wide quantum wells.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures; published versio
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