Probing non-Abelian statistics with Majorana fermion interferometry in spin-orbit-coupled semiconductors

Sau, Jay D.; Tewari, Sumanta; Das Sarma, S.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.085109

Title: Probing non-Abelian statistics with Majorana fermion interferometry in spin-orbit-coupled semiconductors

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Authors:: Sau, Jay D.; Tewari, Sumanta; Das Sarma, S.

Publication Date:: Mon Aug 22 00:00:00 EDT 2011

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1100604

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review B

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 84; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 1098-0121

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Sau, Jay D., Tewari, Sumanta, and Das Sarma, S. Probing non-Abelian statistics with Majorana fermion interferometry in spin-orbit-coupled semiconductors.  United States: N. p., 2011. 
Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.085109.

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                    Sau, Jay D., Tewari, Sumanta, & Das Sarma, S. Probing non-Abelian statistics with Majorana fermion interferometry in spin-orbit-coupled semiconductors.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.085109

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                    Sau, Jay D., Tewari, Sumanta, and Das Sarma, S. Mon .  
"Probing non-Abelian statistics with Majorana fermion interferometry in spin-orbit-coupled semiconductors".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.085109.

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  title        = {Probing non-Abelian statistics with Majorana fermion interferometry in spin-orbit-coupled semiconductors},

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