1302.5242 (P. Lucignano et al.)

Topological rf-SQUID with a frustrating pi-junction for probing the
Majorana Bound State    [PDF]

P. Lucignano, F. Tafuri, A. Tagliacozzo

Majorana Bound States are predicted to appear as boundary states of the Kitaev model. Here we show that a $\pi -$Josephson Junction, inserted in a topologically non trivial model ring, sustains a Majorana Bound State, which is robust with respect to local and non local perturbations. The realistic structure could be based on a High Tc Superconductor tricrystal structure, similar to the one used to spot the d-wave order parameter. The presence of the Majorana Bound State changes the ground state of the topologically non trivial ring in a measurable way, with respect to that of a conventional one.

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