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Reports on Progress in Physics· 2012Q1· Review

New directions in the pursuit of Majorana fermions in solid state systems

Jason Alicea

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Exotic topological superconductors engineered in the lab, using heterostructures of ordinary s-wave superconductors with materials like topological insulators or semiconductors, now offer promising avenues for the unambiguous observation of Majorana fermions.

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Field: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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