From Andreev to Majorana bound states in hybrid superconductor–semiconductor nanowires

E Prada, P San-Jose, MWA de Moor, A Geresdi… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Inhomogeneous superconductors can host electronic excitations, known as Andreev bound
states (ABSs), below the superconducting energy gap. With the advent of topological …

Majorana fermions in magnetic chains

R Pawlak, S Hoffman, J Klinovaja, D Loss… - Progress in Particle and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Majorana fermions have recently garnered a great attention outside the field of particle
physics, in condensed matter physics. In contrast to their particle physics counterparts …

Topological Shiba bands in artificial spin chains on superconductors

L Schneider, P Beck, T Posske, D Crawford, E Mascot… - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
A major challenge in developing topological superconductors for implementing topological
quantum computing is their characterization and control. It has been proposed that ap-wave …

Spin-polarized Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states in an iron-based superconductor

D Wang, J Wiebe, R Zhong, G Gu, R Wiesendanger - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) bound states appear when a magnetic atom interacts with a
superconductor. Here, we report on spin-resolved spectroscopic studies of YSR states …

Tuning the coupling of an individual magnetic impurity to a superconductor: quantum phase transition and transport

L Farinacci, G Ahmadi, G Reecht, M Ruby… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
The exchange scattering at magnetic adsorbates on superconductors gives rise to Yu-Shiba-
Rusinov (YSR) bound states. Depending on the strength of the exchange coupling, the …

Two-level systems in superconducting quantum devices due to trapped quasiparticles

SE De Graaf, L Faoro, LB Ioffe, S Mahashabde… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
A major issue for the implementation of large-scale superconducting quantum circuits is the
interaction with interfacial two-level system (TLS) defects that lead to qubit parameter …

Monolayer 1T-NbSe2 as a 2D-correlated magnetic insulator

M Liu, J Leveillee, S Lu, J Yu, H Kim, C Tian, Y Shi… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Monolayer group V transition metal dichalcogenides in their 1T phase have recently
emerged as a platform to investigate rich phases of matter, such as spin liquid and …

Synthesis and properties of monolayer MnSe with unusual atomic structure and antiferromagnetic ordering

M Aapro, MN Huda, J Karthikeyan, S Kezilebieke… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Transition metal chalcogenides (TMCs) are a large family of 2D materials that are currently
attracting intense interest. TMCs with 3d transition metals provide opportunities for …

Quantum dynamics of a single molecule magnet on superconducting Pb (111)

G Serrano, L Poggini, M Briganti, AL Sorrentino… - Nature materials, 2020 - nature.com
Magnetic materials interfaced with superconductors may reveal new physical phenomena
with potential for quantum technologies. The use of molecules as magnetic components has …

[HTML][HTML] Proximity superconductivity in atom-by-atom crafted quantum dots

L Schneider, KT Ton, I Ioannidis, J Neuhaus-Steinmetz… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Gapless materials in electronic contact with superconductors acquire proximity-induced
superconductivity in a region near the interface,. Numerous proposals build on this addition …