Even this short two-site Kitaev chain proved to host a pair of MZMs, though they had a low stability, earning them the name poor man's MZMs. As MZMs in longer chains are predicted to be unaffected ...

A one-dimensional topological superconductor can be created with the Kitaev model—a chain of spinless fermions coupled via p-wave superconductivity and electron hopping—which becomes ...

The spin-1/2 bond-dependent Ising model on a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice, known as the Kitaev model, has recently attracted great attention.

Quantum spin liquids (QSLs) are topological states of matter exhibiting remarkable properties such as the capacity to protect quantum information from decoherence. Whereas their featureless ground ...

Spin–orbit entangled local moments in the iridate material Na2IrO3 are subject to strong exchange frustration, driving the system towards a spin-liquid phase with emergent fractional excitations.