Non-Abelian anyon statistics through AC conductance of a Majorana interferometer

Seminars | Friday, August 02, 2024 | 11:00:00
Speaker:
Reinhold Egger

Demonstrating the non-Abelian Ising anyon statistics of Majorana zero modes in a physical platform still represents a major open challenge in physics. We here show that the linear low frequency charge conductance of a Majorana interferometer containing a floating superconducting island can reveal the topological spin of quantum edge vortices. The latter are associated with chiral Majorana fermion edge modes and represent "flying" Ising anyons. I will outline how to detect non-Abelian anyon braiding through AC conductance measurements.