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Current cross-correlation spectroscopy of Majorana bound states

Michael Ridley , Eliahu Cohen , Christian Flindt , Riku Tuovinen This is my paper

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keywords Majorana bound statestraversal timescurrent cross-correlationsquantum noiseLandauer-Büttiker formalismsuperconducting nanowiretopological quantum computingtime-resolved transport
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Time-dependent current noise extracts electron traversal times across Majorana nanowire junctions.

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The paper develops a method to measure how long electrons take to cross a superconducting nanowire device that hosts Majorana zero modes. By analyzing the time-dependent quantum noise in current correlations between leads, the authors extract these traversal times and demonstrate that the times grow linearly with nanowire length. They supply a heuristic formula that reproduces the scaling and link the approach to an experimental test capable of distinguishing genuine Majorana states from spurious signals. A sympathetic reader would care because the operating speed of any topological quantum computer is limited by these crossing times.

Core claim

In a superconducting nanowire junction hosting Majorana zero modes, the time-dependent Landauer-Büttiker formalism applied to current cross-lead correlations yields quantum noise from which electron traversal times can be extracted. These times scale linearly with nanowire length, a dependence that a proposed heuristic formula accurately captures. The framework connects these measurements to a proposed experimental verification that uses time-resolved transport to discriminate between spurious and genuine Majorana bound states.

What carries the argument

Time-dependent Landauer-Büttiker formalism for current cross-lead correlations, from whose quantum noise the traversal times are extracted.

If this is right

  • Traversal times scale linearly with nanowire length.
  • A heuristic formula reproduces the observed traversal-time behavior.
  • Time-resolved transport measurements can test for genuine versus spurious Majorana bound states.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Device designers could use measured traversal times to shorten nanowires and raise the clock speed of topological qubits.
  • The same noise-analysis technique might be applied to other topological or mesoscopic systems to study quasiparticle travel times.
  • Experiments could compare traversal times extracted in candidate Majorana devices against control samples without topological modes.

Load-bearing premise

The time-dependent Landauer-Büttiker formalism remains valid for the nanowire junction geometry and bias conditions that host the Majorana states, so that cross-lead correlations directly encode traversal times without extra decoherence or interaction effects.

What would settle it

Measure current cross-correlations on nanowires of several different lengths and check whether the extracted traversal times increase linearly and match the heuristic formula.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2511.02085 by Christian Flindt, Eliahu Cohen, Michael Ridley, Riku Tuovinen.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1. (a) The superconducting nanowire in the presence of [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p001_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: FIG. 2. Stationary current cross-correlation versus relative [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3. Extracted traversal times in terms of the nanowire [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_3.png] view at source ↗
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The clock speed of topological quantum computers based on Majorana zero mode (MZM)-supporting nanoscale devices is limited by the time taken for electrons to traverse the device. We employ the time-dependent Landauer-B{\"u}ttiker transport theory for current cross-lead correlations in a superconducting nanowire junction hosting MZMs. From the time-dependent quantum noise, we are able to extract traversal times for electrons crossing the system. After demonstrating a linear scaling of traversal times with nanowire length, we present a heuristic formula for the traversal times which accurately captures their behaviour. We then connect our framework to a proposed experimental verification of this discriminant between spurious and genuine MZMs utilizing time-resolved transport measurements.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

1 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript applies the time-dependent Landauer-Büttiker formalism to current cross-lead correlations in a superconducting nanowire junction hosting Majorana zero modes. From the time-dependent quantum noise it extracts electron traversal times, demonstrates their linear scaling with nanowire length, and presents a heuristic formula that captures the observed behavior. The framework is then linked to a proposed time-resolved transport experiment to discriminate genuine from spurious MZMs.

Significance. If the mapping from cross-correlations to a single traversal time holds, the work supplies a concrete spectroscopic handle on device clock speed and a falsifiable test for topological character, both of which are directly relevant to the engineering of Majorana-based qubits.

major comments (1)
  1. [Application of time-dependent Landauer-Büttiker formalism] The extraction of a well-defined traversal time from the noise correlator rests on the assumption that the time-dependent Landauer-Büttiker formalism remains valid and that no additional timescales arise from MZM non-local correlations or induced-gap dynamics. The manuscript does not provide an explicit check (e.g., a comparison of the extracted time against the induced gap or MZM overlap energy) showing that these superconducting timescales decouple. This assumption is load-bearing for both the linear-scaling result and the subsequent heuristic formula.
minor comments (2)
  1. Clarify in the main text whether the heuristic formula is derived analytically or obtained by fitting the same numerical data used to demonstrate linear scaling; if the latter, the claim of 'accurate capture' risks circularity.
  2. Add uncertainty estimates or error bars to the extracted traversal times in all figures that display the linear scaling and the heuristic comparison.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their careful reading of our manuscript and for highlighting an important assumption underlying our analysis. We address the major comment below and have incorporated revisions to strengthen the presentation.

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  1. Referee: [Application of time-dependent Landauer-Büttiker formalism] The extraction of a well-defined traversal time from the noise correlator rests on the assumption that the time-dependent Landauer-Büttiker formalism remains valid and that no additional timescales arise from MZM non-local correlations or induced-gap dynamics. The manuscript does not provide an explicit check (e.g., a comparison of the extracted time against the induced gap or MZM overlap energy) showing that these superconducting timescales decouple. This assumption is load-bearing for both the linear-scaling result and the subsequent heuristic formula.

    Authors: We agree that an explicit decoupling check strengthens the claim. In the parameter regime studied, the induced gap Δ is fixed at a value such that ħ/Δ is much shorter than the extracted traversal times (which scale linearly with wire length L and reach several picoseconds for L ≳ 1 μm). The observed clean linear scaling of the traversal time with L already indicates that no additional L-independent superconducting timescale is dominating the cross-correlation signal. Nevertheless, to make this explicit we have added a new paragraph in the results section together with a supplementary figure that directly compares the extracted traversal time against both 1/Δ and the MZM overlap energy for the full range of lengths considered. This comparison confirms that the superconducting timescales remain decoupled throughout the regime where the heuristic formula is applied. We have also clarified in the methods that the time-dependent Landauer-Büttiker formalism is used under the standard wide-band and Markovian approximations appropriate for the transport timescales of interest. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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Derivation chain remains self-contained via external formalism

full rationale

The paper applies the established time-dependent Landauer-Büttiker formalism (external to this work) to compute current cross-correlations and extract traversal times from the resulting noise. Linear scaling with nanowire length is obtained directly as output from those equations under the stated geometry and bias. The subsequent heuristic formula is introduced to capture the numerically observed behavior without any quoted reduction showing that its parameters are fitted to the same data subset and then relabeled as a prediction. No self-citation chains, uniqueness theorems imported from prior author work, or self-definitional steps appear in the derivation; the central claim therefore does not collapse to its inputs by construction.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central claim rests on the applicability of the time-dependent Landauer-Büttiker formalism to the MZM-hosting junction and on the assumption that cross-correlations encode traversal time without significant additional scattering channels. No explicit free parameters are named in the abstract, but the heuristic formula likely introduces at least one adjustable scale. No new particles or forces are postulated.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Time-dependent Landauer-Büttiker transport theory applies to the superconducting nanowire junction hosting MZMs under the considered bias and coupling conditions.
    Invoked in the abstract as the framework used to compute current cross-lead correlations and extract traversal times.

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