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The critical currents in Josephson junctions of conventional superconductors with macroscopic defects are calculated for different defect critical current densities as a function of the magnetic field. We also study the evolution of the…

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Macroscopic coherence in quantum fluids allows the observation of interference effects in their wavefunctions, and enables applications such as superconducting quantum interference devices based on Josephson tunneling. The Josephson effect…

We calculate the Josephson current in a diffusive superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor junction, where the ferromagnetic region contains multiple layers (or domains). In particular, we study a configuration where there are two layers…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 Iver B. Sperstad , Jacob Linder , Asle Sudbø

We study the influence of superconductivity on the formation of the localized magnetic moment for a single-level quantum impurity embedded in an s-wave Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) superconducting medium, modeled by single-impurity…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-02-07 Sachin Verma , Ajay

Motivated by recent experiments [Nat. Phys. $\textbf{16}$, 1227 (2020)], we present here a theoretical study of the DC Josephson effect in a system comprising two magnetic impurities coupled to their respective superconducting electrodes…

We present theory of dc Josephson effect in contacts between Fe-based and spin-singlet $s$-wave superconductors. The method is based on the calculation of temperature Green's function in the junction within the tight-binding model. We…

Wires made of topological insulators (TI) are a promising platform for searching for Majorana bound states. These states can be probed by analyzing the fractional ac Josephson effect in Josephson junctions with the TI wire as a weak link.…

We study the stationary Josephson current in a junction between a topological and an ordinary (topologically trivial) superconductor. Such an S-TS junction hosts a Majorana zero mode that significantly influences the current-phase relation.…

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The spin-triplet correlations in superconducting spin valve structures arising in the presence of noncollinear textures of magnetic moment are shown to enhance strongly the electromagnetic proximity effect, i. e. the long-range leakage of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-08-19 Zh. Devizorova , S. V. Mironov , A. S. Mel'nikov , A. Buzdin

An extended Josephson junction consists of two superconducting electrodes that are separated by an insulator and it is therefore also a microwave cavity. The superconducting phase difference across the junction determines the supercurrent…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-03 V. Humbert , M. Aprili , J. Hammer

We study theoretically the properties of SIFS type Josephson junctions composed of two superconducting (S) electrodes separated by an insulating layer (I) and a ferromagnetic (F) film consisting of periodic magnetic domains structure with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-09-30 S. V. Bakurskiy , A. A. Golubov , N. V. Klenov , M. Yu. Kupriyanov , I. I. Soloviev

We investigate Superconductor/Ferromagnet (S/F) hybrid structures in the dirty limit, described by the Usadel equations. More precisely, the oscillations of the critical temperature and critical current with the thickness of the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Faure , A. I. Buzdin , A. A. Golubov , M. Yu. Kupriyanov

We investigate proximity induced superconductivity in micrometer-long bismuth nanowires con- nected to superconducting electrodes with a high critical field. At low temperature we measure a supercurrent that persists in magnetic fields as…

Josephson junctions (JJs) in the presence of a magnetic field exhibit qualitatively different interference patterns depending on the spatial distribution of the supercurrent through the junction. In JJs based on two-dimensional topological…

When a tunneling barrier between two superconductors is formed by a normal material that would be a superconductor in the absence of phase fluctuations, the resulting Josephson effect can undergo an enormous enhancement. We establish this…

Superconductivity · Physics 2008-11-06 D. Marchand , L. Covaci , M. Berciu , M. Franz

Contrary to the expected detrimental influence on superconductivity when applying a magnetic field, we predict that the abrupt onset of such a field can temporarily strongly enhance the superconducting order parameter. Specifically, we find…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-03-17 Eirik Holm Fyhn , Jacob Linder

We investigate the physics of planar annular Josephson tunnel junctions quenched through their transition temperature in the presence of an external magnetic field. Experiments carried out with long Nb/Al-AlOx/Nb annular junctions showed…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-05-15 Roberto Monaco , Jesper Mygind , Valery P. Koshelets

Huang's experiment [Phys. Rev. Lett. $\bf 109$, 156802 (2012)] found, in the quantum Hall bilayer of the Corbino geometry, the interlayer tunneling currents at two edges are coupled to each other and one of two tunneling currents is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-02-10 Ya-Fen Hsu , Jung-Jung Su

We investigate the charge transport property of superconductor (S) /normal metal (N) / ferromagnet insulator (FI) /(normal metal) N' and S/N/FI/N'/S Josephson junctions on a three-dimensional topological insulator surface. We find…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-07-07 Bo Lu , Pablo Burset , Keiji Yada , Yukio Tanaka

We theoretically study the DC Josephson effect of a semiconductor nanowire (NW) with strong spin-orbit interaction when a magnetic field is applied parallel to the NW. We adopt a model of single scatterer in a quasi-one-dimensional system…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-04-15 Tomohiro Yokoyama , Mikio Eto , Yuli V. Nazarov