Non-Abelian Topological Order in S-Wave Superfluids of Ultracold Fermionic Atoms

Abstract

We show that in s-wave superfluids of cold fermionic atoms with laser-field-generated effective spin-orbit interactions, a topological phase with gapless edge states and Majorana fermion quasiparticles obeying the non-Abelian statistics is realized in the case with a large Zeeman magnetic field. Our scenario provides a promising approach for quantum computation manipulating non-Abelian anyons via an s-wave Feshbach resonance.

5 pages, 2 figures. Some minor improvements were made