Majorana platforms (C03)

• Subject Area: Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
• Term: since 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 277101999

Project C03 will study three platforms for realizing topological superconductivity and corresponding signatures of Majorana bound states. We will explore novel wire concepts for semiconductor quantum wires proximity coupled to conventional superconductors, with the goal of reducing the requirements on or obviating the need for an applied magnetic field. We will pursue strategies to optimize a very recent platform for Majoranas based on long Josephson junctions in a two-dimensional electron system. Finally, we will attempt to realize and understand topological superconductivity in chains of magnetic adatoms on superconductors, which can be built by manipulation with a scanning tunneling microscope tip.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 183: Entangled States of Matter
• International Connection: Israel
• Applicant Institution: Universität zu Köln
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Katharina Franke; Dr. Karen Michaeli, until 6/2020; Professor Dr. Felix von Oppen; Professor Dr. Adiel Stern