{
  "id": "1103.2746",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2011-03-14T19:28:31.000Z",
  "updated": "2012-02-14T14:27:53.000Z",
  "title": "Topological superconducting phases in disordered quantum wires with strong spin-orbit coupling",
  "authors": [
    "Piet W. Brouwer",
    "Mathias Duckheim",
    "Alessandro Romito",
    "Felix von Oppen"
  ],
  "comment": "6 pages, 3 figures; published version",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. B 84, 144526 (2011)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.84.144526",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "cond-mat.supr-con"
  ],
  "abstract": "Zeeman fields can drive semiconductor quantum wires with strong spin-orbit coupling and in proximity to s-wave superconductors into a topological phase which supports end Majorana fermions and offers an attractive platform for realizing topological quantum information processing. Here, we investigate how potential disorder affects the topological phase by a combination of analytical and numerical approaches. Most prominently, we find that the robustness of the topological phase against disorder depends sensitively and non-monotonously on the Zeeman field applied to the wire.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2012-02-14T14:27:53.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "74.78.Na",
      "03.67.Lx",
      "71.23.-k",
      "73.63.Nm"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "strong spin-orbit coupling",
      "disordered quantum wires",
      "topological superconducting phases",
      "topological phase",
      "topological quantum information processing"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review B",
      "year": 2011,
      "month": "Oct",
      "volume": 84,
      "number": 14,
      "pages": 144526
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 6,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2011PhRvB..84n4526B"
    }
  }
}