Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Part 1 of a talk on topological quantum computing with topological superconductors on nanowires. Stay tuned for the remaining parts of the talk.

Introducing the basics of the Majorana modes, their relationship to fermions in the Kitaev chain, topological phases, and braiding Majoranas.

For further details see these papers

journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.205429
doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.090502

Also see Marek's blog that covers the basics

mareknarozniak.com/2021/04/09/mzms
mareknarozniak.com/2021/05/09/braiding
mareknarozniak.com/2021/06/09/majorana-qubits
mareknarozniak.com/2021/08/09/bdg