Fast quantum transfer mediated by topological domain walls

Juan Zurita, Charles Creffield and Gloria Platero Quantum 7, 1043 (2023) Abstract The duration of bidirectional transfer protocols in 1D topological models usually scales exponentially with distance. In this work, we propose transfer protocols in multidomain SSH chains and Creutz ladders that lose the exponential dependence, greatly speeding up the…

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Signatures of a 4π-periodic supercurrent in the voltage response of capacitively shunted topological Josephson junctions

Jordi Picó-Cortés, Fernando Domínguez, and Gloria Platero Phys. Rev. B 96, 125438 (2017) We investigate theoretical aspects of the detection of Majorana bound states in Josephson junctions using the semiclassical resistively capacitively shunted junction (RCSJ) model of junction dynamics. The influence of a 4π-periodic supercurrent contribution can be detected through…

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Dispersive readout of adiabatic phases

Sigmund Kohler Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 196802 (2017) We propose a protocol for the measurement of adiabatic phases of periodically driven quantum systems coupled to an open cavity that enables dispersive readout. It turns out that the cavity transmission exhibits peaks at frequencies determined by a resonance condition that involves…

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