2020/10/26 by Ramón Aguado · 79 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Condensed matter physics #Josephson effect #MAJORANA #Nanowire #Physics #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Quantum #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Quantum computer #Quantum mechanics #Qubit #Semiconductor #Superconducting quantum computing #Superconductivity #Topological Materials and Phenomena #Transmon #cond-mat.supr-con #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/5.0024124
published in Applied Physics Letters 117(24) (American Institute of Physics) · 11 pages, 3 figures. Invited perspective for Applied Physics Letters
arxiv created 2020/10/26 · openalex publication_date 2020/12/14 · arxiv updated 2020/12/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/08
Following the demonstration of semiconductor-based Josephson junctions, which are fully tunable by electrical means, new routes have been opened for the study of hybrid semiconductor–superconductor qubits. These include semiconductor-based transmon qubits, single-spin Andreev qubits, and fault-tolerant topological qubits based on Majorana zero modes. In this perspective, we review recent progress in the path toward such hybrid qubit designs. After a short introduction and a brief digression about the historical roadmap that has led to the experimental state-of-the-art, the emphasis is placed on superconducting qubits based on semiconductor nanowires.