Bernard van Heck
Bernard van Heck is a PhD student in the theoretical nanoscience group of Carlo Beenakker at the University of Leiden. Since Fall 2013, he has also been a guest student at the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience at TU Delft.
Before beginning his PhD, he studied Physics at University of Roma ‘La Sapienza’. His research activities revolve around the areas of mesoscopic physics and quantum information, with a particular focus on quantum computation with Majoranas.
Research Interest
Physics, Condensed Matter Theory, Quantum Information.
Position
PhD Researcher at the Theoretical Nanoscience Group, Leiden Institute of Physics, Instituut-Lorentz, Leiden University
Degrees
MSc in Physics, Sapienza University of Rome
Recent publications:
- Coulomb stability of the 4P-periodic Josephson effect of Majorana fermions, B van Heck, F Hassler, AR Akhmerov, CWJ Beenakker, Physical Review B 84 (18), 180502
- Flux-controlled quantum computation with Majorana fermions, T Hyart, B van Heck, IC Fulga, M Burrello, AR Akhmerov, CWJ Beenakker, Physical Review B 88 (3), 035121
- Statistical topological insulators, IC Fulga, B van Heck, JM Edge, AR Akhmerov, Physical Review B 89 (15), 155424
- Topological phases in two-dimensional arrays of parafermionic zero modes, M Burrello, B van Heck, E Cobanera
- Physical Review B 87 (19), 195422