2013/02/28 by M. Franz · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.str-el #cond-mat.supr-con
paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.33
published as Nature Nanotechnology 8, 149 (2013) · An invited Commentary to appear in Nature Nanotechnology. 4 pages 3 figures
arxiv created 2013/03/12 · arxiv updated 2013/03/14
A critical overview is given, aimed at non-specialist audience, of the recent efforts to detect and manipulate Majorana fermions in solid state devices. It is argued that the experiments on semiconductor quantum wires proximity coupled to superconducting leads present tantalizing hints but not a definitive evidence for these elusive particles.