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We present a theory of SNS junctions, a normal metal sandwiched between two superconductors, along the crossover from the BCS to the BEC regime. We calculate the Josephson current as a function of the chemical potential relative to the band…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-01-05 Gautam Rai , Arman Babakhani , Ying Wang , Stephan Haas , Stefan Kettemann

We apply the Nonequilibrium Green's Function (NEGF) formalism to the problem of a multi-terminal nanojunction subject to an arbitrary time-dependent bias. In particular, we show that taking a generic one-particle system Hamiltonian within…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-12-16 Michael Ridley , Angus MacKinnon , Lev Kantorovich

By measuring the Josephson emission of a diffusive Superconductor-Normal metal-Superconductor (SNS) junction at a finite temperature we reveal a non-trivial sensitivity of the supercurrent to microwave irradiation. We demonstrate that the…

We study the spectrum of Andreev bound states and Josephson currents across a junction of $N$ superconducting wires which may have $s$- or $p$-wave pairing symmetries and develop a scattering matrix based formalism which allows us to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-05-30 Oindrila Deb , K. Sengupta , Diptiman Sen

Using an atomistic tight-binding model, we study the characteristics of a Josephson junction formed by monolayers of MoS$_2$ sandwiched between Pb superconducting electrodes. We derive and apply Green's function-based formulation to compute…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-06-07 Jouko Nieminen , Sayandip Dhara , Wei-Chi Chiu , Eduardo R. Mucciolo , Arun Bansil

We calculate the Andreev bound states and the corresponding Josephson current for an asymmetric 2-dimensional Josephson junction by solving Bogoliubov-de-Gennes equations. The junction consists of a non-centrosymmetric superconductor (NCS)…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-05-13 Ludwig Klam , Anthony Epp , Wei Chen , Manfred Sigrist , Dirk Manske

Epitaxially grown, high quality semiconductor InSb nanowires are emerging material systems for the development of high performance nanoelectronics and quantum information processing and communication devices, and for the studies of new…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-04-19 H. A. Nilsson , P. Samuelsson , P. Caroff , H. Q. Xu

We investigate the transport properties of a bilayer exciton condensate that is contacted by four superconducting leads. We focus on the equilibrium regime and investigate how the Josephson currents induced in the bilayer by phase biases…

The dc Josephson current across a multi-channel SNS junction is computed by summing contributions from sub-gap Andreev bound states, as well as from continuum states propagating within the superconducting leads. We show that, in a long…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-08-05 Domenico Giuliano , Ian Affleck

We present an experimental and theoretical investigation of coherent current transport in wide ballistic superconductor-two dimensional electron gas-superconductor junctions. It is found experimentally that upon increasing the junction…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Samuelsson , A. Ingerman , G. Johansson , E. V. Bezuglyi , V. S. Shumeiko , G. Wendin , R. Kursten , A. Richter , T. Matsuyama , U. Merkt

We develop a general microscopic theory of dc Josephson effect in hybrid SNS structures with ballistic electrodes and spin-active NS interfaces. We establish a direct relation between the spectrum of Andreev levels and the Josephson current…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-01-30 Mikhail S. Kalenkov , Artem V. Galaktionov , Andrei D. Zaikin

We present a real-time diagrammatic theory for transport through interacting quantum dots tunnel coupled to normal and superconducting leads. Our formulation describes both the equilibrium and non-equilibrium superconducting proximity…

Superconductivity · Physics 2008-09-05 Michele Governale , Marco G. Pala , Jürgen König

The Josephson Effect and Superconducting Proximity Effect were observed in Superconductor -Graphene-Superconductor (SGS) Josephson junctions with coherence lengths comparable to the distance between the superconducting leads. By comparing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Xu Du , Ivan Skachko , Eva Y. Andrei

We consider a Hamiltonian model for a quantum dot which is placed between two superconducting leads with a constant bias imposed between these leads. Using the non-equilibrium Keldysh technique, we focus on the subgap current, where it is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-12-02 Thibaut Jonckheere , Alex Zazunov , K. Bayandin , Vitaly Shumeiko , Thierry Martin

We develop a detailed microscopic theory describing dc Josephson effect and Andreev bound states in superconducting junctions with a half-metal. In such systems the supercurrent is caused by triplet pairing states emerging due to spin-flip…

Superconductivity · Physics 2008-03-29 Artem V. Galaktionov , Mikhail S. Kalenkov , Andrei D. Zaikin

A semiconductor nanowire based superconductor-normal-superconductor (SNS) junction is modeled theoretically. A magnetic field is applied along the nanowire axis, parallel to the current. The Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations for Andreev bound…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-20 Kaveh Gharavi , Jonathan Baugh

Electronic transport through nanostructures is greatly affected by the presence of superconducting leads. If the interface between the nanostructure and the superconductors is sufficiently transparent, a dissipationless current…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Pablo Jarillo-Herrero , Jorden A. van Dam , Leo P. Kouwenhoven

We study superconductor-barrier-superconductor (S-B-S) Josephson junctions constructed out of two-dimensional and three-dimensional triple-point semimetals, which feature a threefold degeneracy at a single nodal point. We assume a weak and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-07-11 Ipsita Mandal

We present fully self-consistent calculations of the thermodynamic properties of three-dimensional clean SNS Josephson junctions, where S is an s-wave short-coherence-length superconductor and N is a clean normal metal. The junction is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-08-31 Branislav K. Nikolic , J. K. Freericks , P. Miller

Starting from the quasiclassical equations for non-equilibrium Green's functions we derive a simple kinetic equation that governs ac Josephson effect in a superconducting quantum point contact at small bias voltages. In contrast to existing…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 D. Averin , A. Bardas