Detailed ProgramDetailed Program
I Week
Prof. Anton Akhmerov (Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands): Numerical simulations of topological quantum transport
Prof. Felix von Oppen (Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany): From Majorana bound states to topological quantum computation
October 1
08:00 - 09:00 Registration.
08:50 - 09:00 Opening of the Training Course.
09:00 - 11:00 Prof. Felix von Oppen
Majorana bound states in p-wave superconductors and their nonabelian statistics
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break.
11:30 - 13:30 Prof. Anton Akhmerov
Scattering formalism of quantum transport
13:30 - 15:00 Lunch
15:00 - 15:45 Participant presentations
15:45 - 16:00 Break
16:00 - 18:00 Prof. Anton Akhmerov & Prof. Felix von Oppen
Training Session
October 2
09:00 - 11:00 Prof. Anton Akhmerov
Superconductivity, and conductance signatures of Majorana zero modes
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break.
11:30 - 13:30 Prof. Felix von Oppen
Physical realizations of 1d p-wave superconductors
13:30 - 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 15:30 Mr. Raffaele Battilomo
Spin Field-Effect Transistor in a Quantum Spin-Hall Device
15:30 – 16:30 Prof. Anton Akhmerov & Prof. Felix von Oppen
Training Session
16:30 – 16:45 Break
16:45 - 17:45 Prof. Anton Akhmerov & Prof. Felix von Oppen
Training Session
October 3
09:00 - 11:00 Prof. Felix von Oppen
Building blocks of a Majorana-based quantum computer
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:30 Prof. Anton Akhmerov
Computation of macroscopic observables and supercurrent in topological Josephson junctions
13:30 - 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 15:30 Mr. Giuseppe Cuono
Electronic structure and magnetic properties of Cr-based superconductors analyzed through the application of the tight-binding method
15:30 – 16:30 Prof. Anton Akhmerov & Prof. Felix von Oppen
Training Session
16:30 – 16:45 Break
16:45 - 17:45 Prof. Anton Akhmerov & Prof. Felix von Oppen
Training Session
October 4
09:00 - 11:00 Prof. Anton Akhmerov
Effective band structures and Majorana modes in quantum spin Hall effect
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:30 Prof. Felix von Oppen
ntroduction to quantum error correction
13:30 - 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 15:30 Mr. Samme Dahir
Interaction of Skyrmions and Pearl’s Vortices in Superconductor-Chiral Ferromagnet Bilayer
15:30 – 16:30 Prof. Anton Akhmerov & Prof. Felix von Oppen
Training Session
16:30 – 16:45 Break
16:45 - 17:45 Prof. Anton Akhmerov & Prof. Felix von Oppen
Training Session
October 5
09:30 - 11:00 Prof. Felix von Oppen
Fault-tolerant Majorana quantum computer
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:00 Prof. Anton Akhmerov
Introduction to numerical algorithms and their efficiency
15:00 – 15:30 Mr. Simon Dambach
Charge Transfer across a Scanning Tunneling Microscope Junction in Presence of a Macroscopic Impedance
15:30 – 16:30 Prof. Anton Akhmerov & Prof. Felix von Oppen
Training Session
16:30 – 16:45 Break
16:45 - 17:45 Prof. Anton Akhmerov & Prof. Felix von Oppen
Training Session
II Week
Prof. Carlo Beenakker (Leiden Institute of Physics, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands): Random-matrix theory of Majorana fermions and topological superconductors
Prof. Hélène Bouchiat (Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris Sud, Orsay, France): Probing experimentally the Andreev spectrum in topological insulator based Josephson junctions
Prof. Carmine Ortix (Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht, The Netherlands and Dipartimento di Fisica “E.R. Caianiello”, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy): Weyl and topological nodal line semimetals
October 8
9:00 – 11:00 Prof. Carmine Ortix
Weyl and topological nodal line semimetals
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:30 Prof. Hélène Bouchiat
Basics of proximity induced superconductivity in SNS nanostructures
13:30 - 15:00 Lunch
15:00 - 15:30 Miss. Alžbéta Kadlecová
On the quantum phase transition in superconducting quantum dot systems
15:30 - 16:30 Prof. Hélène Bouchiat & Prof. Carmine Ortix
Training Session
16: 30 – 16:45 Break
16:45 - 17:45 Prof. Hélène Bouchiat & Prof. Carmine Ortix
Training Session
October 9
9:00 – 11:00 Prof. Hélène Bouchiat
Spin dependent and interaction effects in SNS junctions
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:30 Prof. Carlo Beenakker
Ten-fold-way classification of topological states of matter
13:30 - 15:00 Lunch
15:00 - 15:30 Mr. Adam Klosinski
Propagation of a single hole in Ca 2 RuO 4
15:30 - 16:30 Prof. Hélène Bouchiat & Prof. Carlo Beenakker
Training Session
16: 30 – 16:45 Break
16:45 - 17:45 Prof. Hélène Bouchiat & Prof. Carlo Beenakker
Training Session
October 10
9:00 – 11:00 Prof. Carlo Beenakker
Signatures of Majorana zero-modes
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:30 Prof. Hélène Bouchiat
Josephson current in topological SNS junctions
13:30 - 15:00 Lunch
15:00 - 15:30 Mr. Chris Koschenz
Generalized Hartree-Fock Theory for the Hubbard model
15:30 - 16:30 Prof. Hélène Bouchiat & Prof. Carlo Beenakker
Training Session
16: 30 – 16:45 Break
16:45 - 17:45 Prof. Hélène Bouchiat & Prof. Carlo Beenakker
Training Session
October 11
9:00 – 11:00 Prof. Hélène Bouchiat
AC phase biased SNS junctions: kinetic inductance and phase dependent dissipation
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 13:30 Prof. Carlo Beenakker
Quantum transport in Majorana edge-modes
13:30 - 15:00 Lunch
15:00 - 15:30 Mr. Alfonso Maiellaro
From Andreev bound states to Majorana fermions in topological nanowires
15:30 - 16:30 Prof. Hélène Bouchiat & Prof. Carlo Beenakker
Training Session
16: 30 – 16:45 Break
16:45 - 17:45 Prof. Hélène Bouchiat & Prof. Carlo Beenakker
Training Session
October 12
9:00 – 11:00 Prof. Hélène Bouchiat
AC phase biased SNS junctions: probing the Andreev spectrum in topological junctions
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:00 Mrs. Lisa Markhof
Applications of second order functional renormalization group in one-dimensional systems
12:00 - 12:30 Mr. Davide Soranzio
Spectral dependence of the anisotropic effects of optical phonons on the optical properties of type-II Weyl semimetal WTe2
12:30 – 13:00 Mr. Dominik Suszalski
Impact of Lifshitz transition on thermoelectric properties of bilayer grapheme
13:00 - 13:30 Mr. Piotr Wrzosek
Is there a spin polaron in the 1D t-J^z model?
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 15:30 Prof. Hélène Bouchiat
Training Session
15:30 – 15:45 Closing of the Training Course
