# Flux-controlled quantum computation with Majorana fermions

@article{Hyart2013FluxcontrolledQC,
title={Flux-controlled quantum computation with Majorana fermions},
author={Timo Hyart and Bernard van Heck and Ion Cosma Fulga and Michele Burrello and A. Akhmerov and C. W. J. Beenakker},
journal={Physical Review B},
year={2013},
volume={88},
pages={035121}
}
• Published 18 March 2013
• Physics
• Physical Review B
uxes. We show that readout operations can also be fully ux-controlled, without requiring microscopic control over tunnel couplings. We identify the minimal circuit that can perform the initialization{braiding{measurement steps required to demonstrate non-Abelian statistics. We introduce the Random Access Majorana Memory, a scalable circuit that can perform a joint parity measurement on Majoranas belonging to a selection of topological qubits. Such multi-qubit measurements allow for the ecient…
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