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We show that networks of topological nanowires can realize the physics of exactly solvable Kitaev spin models with two-body interactions. This connection arises from the description of the low-energy theory of both systems in terms of a tight-binding model of Majorana modes. In Kitaev spin models the Majorana description provides a convenient representation to solve the model, whereas in an array of topological nanowires it arises, because the physical Majorana modes localized at wire ends permit tunnelling between wire ends and across different Josephson junctions. We explicitly show that an array of junctions of three wires -- a setup relevant to topological quantum computing with nanowires -- can realize the Yao-Kivelson model, a variant of Kitaev spin models on a decorated honeycomb lattice. Translating the results from the latter, we show that the network can be constructed to give rise to collective states characterized by Chern numbers \nu = 0, +/-1 and +/-2, and that defects in an array can be associated with vortex-like quasi-particle excitations. Finally, we analyze the stability of the collective states as well as that of the network as a quantum information processor. W

Author

Kells, Graham; Lahtinen, Ville; Vala, Jiri

Published

2013

Language

EN