# Tunable Magnetic Textures: From Majorana Bound States to Braiding

**Authors:** Alex Matos-Abiague, Javad Shabani, Andrew D. Kent, Geoffrey L. Fatin,, Benedikt Scharf, and Igor \v{Z}uti\'c

arXiv: 1704.07737 · 2017-06-23

## TL;DR

This paper proposes a platform using tunable magnetic textures in a superconductor/semiconductor heterostructure to manipulate Majorana bound states, simplifying experimental requirements for quantum computing applications.

## Contribution

It introduces a novel approach to control Majorana bound states via magnetic textures, reducing the need for strong spin-orbit coupling and magnetic fields.

## Key findings

- Magnetic textures can be tuned to manipulate MBS.
- The platform simplifies requirements for demonstrating non-Abelian statistics.
- Feasibility supported by recent advances in heterostructure fabrication.

## Abstract

A versatile control of magnetic systems, widely used to store information, can also enable manipulating Majorana bounds states (MBS) and implementing fault-tolerant quantum information processing. The proposed platform relies on the proximity-induced superconductivity in a two-dimensional electron gas placed next to an array of magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs). A change in the magnetization configuration in the MTJ array creates tunable magnetic textures thereby removing several typical requirements for MBS: strong spin-orbit coupling, applied magnetic field, and confinement by one-dimensional structures which complicates demonstrating non-Abelian statistics through braiding. Recent advances in fabricating two-dimensional epitaxial superconductor/semiconductor heterostructures and designing tunable magnetic textures support the feasibility of this novel platform for MBS.

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