Probing Non-Abelian Statistics of Majorana Fermions in Ultracold Atomic Superfluid
Journal Article
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· Physical Review Letters
- Laboratory of Quantum Information Technology and SPTE, South China Normal University, Guangzhou (China)
- Department of Physics and Center of Theoretical and Computational Physics, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road (Hong Kong)
- Department of Physics and MCTP, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)
We propose an experiment to directly probe the non-Abelian statistics of Majorana fermions by braiding them in an s-wave superfluid of ultracold atoms. We show that different orders of braiding operations give orthogonal output states that can be distinguished through Raman spectroscopy. Realization of Majorana states in an s-wave superfluid requires strong spin-orbital coupling and a controllable Zeeman field in the perpendicular direction. We present a simple laser configuration to generate the artificial spin-orbital coupling and the required Zeeman field in the dark-state subspace.
- OSTI ID:
- 21562076
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 106; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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