Patent ID: 9713199
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: B82Y,G06N,H01L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of providing a topological quantum computing operation, comprising: providing a first quasiparticle and a second quasiparticle respectively localized at first and second ends of a first topological wire segment defined by a first chemical potential; providing a third quasiparticle and a fourth quasiparticle respectively localized at first and second ends of a second topological wire segment defined by a second chemical potential; forming a potential well at a nontopological phase wire segment that extends between the first topological wire segment and the second topological wire segment; and fusing in the potential well the second and third quasiparticles together in a manner that traps a fusion outcome quasiparticle resulting from the fusion of the second and third quasiparticles in the potential well.