diff --git a/content/bilayer_graphene_3d.png b/content/bilayer_graphene_3d.png deleted file mode 100644 index 1d2e58d06dee17513d1d33e18543b76140a79e1f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Binary files a/content/bilayer_graphene_3d.png and /dev/null differ diff --git a/content/index.txt b/content/index.txt index ab5ea49bbaab64068f2228e721269e2ea74b8bdc..e010e041ad91650c3f864ad48032f5cbe1bb9e38 100644 --- a/content/index.txt +++ b/content/index.txt @@ -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 ----------------------------- +Examples of Kwant usage +----------------------- 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 -........... +3-d system: Majorana states +........................... .. 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. diff --git a/content/quantum-wire.png b/content/quantum-wire.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..96c499d1df3e1f258b85d035ddb1169f42dd2dd9 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/quantum-wire.png differ diff --git a/content/quantum_wire_3d.png b/content/quantum_wire_3d.png deleted file mode 100644 index 4649701b9c5b5f1bf6390a986076de552c074f14..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Binary files a/content/quantum_wire_3d.png and /dev/null differ