Reading out the parity degree of freedom of Majorana bound states is key to demonstrating their non-Abelian exchange properties. Here, we present a low-energy model describing localized edge states in a two-arm device. We study parity-to-charge conversion based on coupling the superconductor bound states to a quantum dot whose charge is read out by a sensor. The dynamics of the system, including the readout device, is analyzed in full using a quantum-jump approach. We show how the resulting signal and signal-to-noise ratio differentiates between local Majorana and Andreev bound states.

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• Coulomb blockade
• Majorana fermions
• Proximity effect
• Quantum coherence & coherence measures
• Quantum interference effects
• Shot noise
• Topological superconductors
• Nanowires
• Non-Hermitian systems
• Quantum dots
• Superconducting qubits
• Monte Carlo methods