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In hybrid Josephson junctions with three or more superconducting terminals coupled to a semiconducting region, Andreev bound states may form unconventional energy band structures, or Andreev matter, which are engineered by controlling…

We propose to study frequency dependent intrinsic dissipation in a highly transparent Josephson junction by means of qubit spectroscopy. The spectral density of the effective dissipative bath may contain significant contributions from…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-10-02 Dmitry S. Golubev , Artem V. Galaktionov , Andrei D. Zaikin

We theoretically investigate the behavior of Andreev levels in a single-orbital interacting quantum dot in contact to superconducting leads, focusing on the effect of electrostatic gating and applied magnetic field, as relevant for recent…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-10-12 Nils Wentzell , Serge Florens , Tobias Meng , Volker Meden , Sabine Andergassen

We propose the "Andreev molecule", an artificial quantum system composed of two closely spaced Josephson junctions. The coupling between Josephson junctions in an Andreev molecule occurs through the overlap and hybridization of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-15 J. -D. Pillet , V. Benzoni , J. Griesmar , J. -L. Smirr , Ç. Ö. Girit

We investigate the electronic transport properties of a superconductor-quantum dot-superconductor Josephson junction coupled to a ferromagnetic metal reservoir in the presence of an external magnetic field. The device is described by an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-05 Roberto Capecelatro , Marco Marciani , Gabriele Campagnano , Roberta Citro , Procolo Lucignano

Josephson junctions based on semiconductor nanowires are potential building blocks for electrically tunable qubit structures, e.g. the gatemon or the Andreev qubit. However, an actual realization requires the thorough investigation of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-23 Patrick Zellekens , Russell Deacon , Pujitha Perla , Detlev Grützmacher , Mihail Ion Lepsa , Thomas Schäpers , Koji Ishibashi

We analyze the spatial and energy dependence of the local density of states in a SNS junction. We model our system as a one-dimensional tight-binding chain which we solve exactly by numerical diagonalization. We calculate the dependence of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 Cristina Bena

We have studied the interplay of Andreev reflection and cyclotron motion of quasiparticles at a superconductor-normal-metal interface with a strong magnetic field applied parallel to the interface. Bound states are formed due to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 H. Hoppe , U. Zuelicke , Gerd Schoen

We study the interplay between Andreev (Majorana) bound states that form at the boundary of a (topological) superconductor and a train of microwave pulses. We find that the extra dynamical phase coming from the pulses can shift the phase of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-08-05 Joseph Weston , Benoit Gaury , Xavier Waintal

We predict the existence of vibrational Andreev bound states in deformable magnetic molecules on superconducting surfaces. We discuss the Anderson impurity model with electron-phonon coupling to a realistic anharmonic vibrational mode that…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-08-28 Denis Golez , Janez Bonca , Rok Zitko

This paper reviews the confinement-driven phase transitions, and the prediction of superfluid phases with broken time-reversal or translational symmetry in thin films. The new phases are a result of particle-hole coherent Andreev scattering…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-07-27 Anton B. Vorontsov

We propose a new platform for observing the Josephson diode effect: the Andreev molecule. This nonlocal electronic state is hosted in circuits made of two closely spaced Josephson junctions, through the hybridization of the Andreev states.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-22 J. -D. Pillet , S. Annabi , A. Peugeot , H. Riechert , E. Arrighi , J. Griesmar , L. Bretheau

Majorana fermions are fascinating and not yet confirmed quasiparticles in condensed matter physics. Here we propose using microwave spectra to distinguish Majorana bound states (MBSs) from topological trivial Andreev bound states. By…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-03-14 Zhen-Tao Zhang

Andreev bound states (ABS) at the surface of superconductors are expected for any pair potential showing a sign change in different k-directions with their spectral weight depending on the relative orientation of the surface and the pair…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 L. Alff , S. Kleefisch , U. Schoop , M. Zittartz , T. Kemen , T. Bauch , A. Marx , R. Gross

We demonstrate how the boundary-driven reconstruction of the superconducting order parameter can be employed to manipulate the zero-energy Majorana bound states (MBSs) occurring in a topological Josephson junction. We focus on an interface…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-09-23 Maria Teresa Mercaldo , Panagiotis Kotetes , Mario Cuoco

We use a single-channel scattering formalism to derive general expressions for the Andreev bound-state energies and resulting current--phase relationship in a one-dimensional semiconductor-based SNS-junction, including arbitrarily oriented…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-22 Jonas Lidal , Jeroen Danon

We study the three terminal S-QD-S-QD-S Josephson junction biased with commensurate voltages. In the absence of an applied voltage, the Andreev bound states on each quantum dot hybridize forming an `Andreev molecule'. However, understanding…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-15 Andriani Keliri , Benoît Douçot

We investigate the spectrum of Andreev bound states and supercurrent in a $p$-wave non-Hermitian Josephson junction (NHJJ) in one dimension. The studied NHJJ is composed of two topological $p$-wave superconductors connected by a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-24 Chang-An Li , Björn Trauzettel

Motivated by the orientation-dependent properties of d-wave superconductors (SCs), we investigate Andreev bound states (ABSs) and Josephson current in s-wave SC/altermagnet/d-wave SC (S/AM/D) and d-wave SC/altermagnet/d-wave SC (D/AM/D)…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-07-03 Mohammad Alipourzadeh , Yaser Hajati

The Andreev bound state spectra of multi-terminal Josephson junctions form an artificial band structure, which is predicted to host tunable topological phases under certain conditions. However, the number of conductance modes between the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-10-11 Gino V. Graziano , Mohit Gupta , Mihir Pendharkar , Jason T. Dong , Connor P. Dempsey , Chris Palmstrøm , Vlad S. Pribiag