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......@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ numerics. To aid that, it is provided along with a detailed hand-on `tutorial
</doc/1.0/tutorial/>`_ and the Kwant `paper </paper>`_, which describes the
guiding principles underlying its design.
Examples of the use of Kwant
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Examples of Kwant usage
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The following examples are mostly taken from real research projects done with
Kwant. The tutorial_ and the `Kwant paper
......@@ -39,21 +39,20 @@ Kwant. The tutorial_ and the `Kwant paper
pedagogical examples with line-by-line explanations (`zipfile of all examples
<http://downloads.kwant-project.org/examples/kwant-examples.zip>`_).
3-d systems
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3-d system: Majorana states
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.. container:: rightside
.. image:: quantum_wire_3d.png
.. image:: quantum-wire.png
.. container:: leftside
.. image:: bilayer_graphene_3d.png
Kwant allows systems of any dimensionality, for example three-dimensional ones.
This image shows a 3-d model of a semiconducting quantum wire (gray cylinder).
The red region is a tunnel barrier, used to measure tunneling conductance, the
blue region is a superconducting electrode. In this simulated device, a
Majorana bound state appears close to the superconducting-normal interface.
The left figure shows a piece of bilayer graphene. On the right, one can see a
quantum wire (gray) to which a superconducting electrode (blue) is attached.
This device has been built in order to give rise to a Majorana bound state close
to the superconducting-normal interface.
Taken from: S. Mi, A. R. Akhmerov, M. Wimmer (to be published).
Numerical experiment: flying qubit
......@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ reproduced. Such "numerical experiments" can not only be used to interpret the
experimental data but also can help to design the sample geometry and in to
choose the right materials.
Taken from: T. Bautze et al., to be submitted to Phys. Rev. B. See Yamamoto et
Taken from T. Bautze et al., to be submitted to Phys. Rev. B. See Yamamoto et
al., `Nature Nanotechnology 7, 247 (2012)
<http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.28>`_ for details about the
experiment.
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