9:00 AM - *QT11.03.02
Exploration of Topological Superconductors and Majorana Fermions
Takao Sasagawa1
Tokyo Institute of Technology1
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The discovery of topological electronic states in bulk solids has drastically changed the conventional view of materials. The novel electromagnetic responses, exotic elementary excitations, and unprecedented quasiparticle in topological insulators, semimetals, and superconductors are expected to be applied to next-generation electronics. In particular, the Majorana quasiparticles, which are expected to arise in topological superconductors, have attracted a great deal of attention, because their manipulation has been theoretically proposed to realize the "error-free" quantum computers. As the first step towards this application in the field of quantum information technology, materials science is the key, in that it is essential to establish the compounds and/or structures which can generate the Majorana quasiparticles. With reviewing our studies in topological materials science [1-15], we will discuss the current status of research and development in topological superconductivity and topological quantum computation.
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