Abstract
Quasiparticle poisoning has remained one of the main challenges in the implementation of Majorana-based quantum computing. It inevitably occurs when the system hosting Majorana qubits is not completely isolated from its surrounding, thus considerably limiting its computational time. We propose the use of periodic driving to generate multiple Majorana fermions at each end of a single quantum wire, which naturally provides the necessary resources to implement active quantum error corrections with minimal space overhead. In particular, we present a stabilizer code protocol that can specifically detect and correct any single quasiparticle poisoning event. Such a protocol is implementable via existing proximitized semiconducting nanowire proposals, where all of its stabilizer operators can be measured from an appropriate Majorana parity dependent four-terminal conductance.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 435301 |
Journal | Journal of Physics Condensed Matter |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 43 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 14 Oct 2020 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020 IOP Publishing Ltd.
Keywords
- Floquet topological phases
- Majorana fermions
- quantum error correction
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics