Domain Wall Control of Topological Qubits in the Kitaev SSH Chain

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Autori principali: Rufo, Griffith, Rufo, Sabrina, Caldas, Heron, de Freitas, Rosiane
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author Rufo, Griffith
Rufo, Sabrina
Caldas, Heron
de Freitas, Rosiane
author_facet Rufo, Griffith
Rufo, Sabrina
Caldas, Heron
de Freitas, Rosiane
contents Zero energy states in one dimensional SSH Kitaev hybrid systems have emerged as promising candidates for topological qubits. In our work, we show that introducing a domain wall into a chain with anisotropic superconducting correlations provides a powerful way to control both the number and the nature of these boundary modes. The defect acts as a digital knob: its presence or absence flips the parity of zero modes and thus decides whether an isolated Majorana exists at the chain ends. This on/off mechanism is significantly more robust and simpler than fine-tuning global parameters such as chemical potential or hopping amplitudes. Moreover, anisotropy provides an additional lever to calibrate the effect of the defect, opening a pathway to architectures where topological qubits can be locally addressed by domain walls. This proposal reframes defects not as imperfections, but as useful resources for quantum information and computation.
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spellingShingle Domain Wall Control of Topological Qubits in the Kitaev SSH Chain
Rufo, Griffith
Rufo, Sabrina
Caldas, Heron
de Freitas, Rosiane
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Zero energy states in one dimensional SSH Kitaev hybrid systems have emerged as promising candidates for topological qubits. In our work, we show that introducing a domain wall into a chain with anisotropic superconducting correlations provides a powerful way to control both the number and the nature of these boundary modes. The defect acts as a digital knob: its presence or absence flips the parity of zero modes and thus decides whether an isolated Majorana exists at the chain ends. This on/off mechanism is significantly more robust and simpler than fine-tuning global parameters such as chemical potential or hopping amplitudes. Moreover, anisotropy provides an additional lever to calibrate the effect of the defect, opening a pathway to architectures where topological qubits can be locally addressed by domain walls. This proposal reframes defects not as imperfections, but as useful resources for quantum information and computation.
title Domain Wall Control of Topological Qubits in the Kitaev SSH Chain
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09693