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We study direct currents in a simple holographic realization of a superconducting film. We investigate how the presence of a DC current affects the superconducting phase transition, which becomes first order for any non-vanishing value of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-12-17 Daniel Areán , Matteo Bertolini , Jarah Evslin , Tomás Procházka

In this letter we study the effect of time-reversal symmetric impurities on the Josephson supercurrent through two dimensional helical metals such as on topological insulator surface state. We show that contrary to the usual…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-01-27 Pouyan Ghaemi , V. P. Nair

Motivated by recent experiments (Subero et. al. Nature Comm. $\bf{14}$, 7924 (2023)) we analyze photonic heat transport through a Josephson junction in a dissipative environment. For this purpose we derive general expressions for the heat…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-04 A. Levy Yeyati , D. Subero , J. Pekola , R. Sánchez

A simple but accurate mesh current analysis is performed on a XY model and on a SIMF model to derive the equations for a Josephson junction array. The equations obtained here turn out to be different from other equations already existing in…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2008-02-03 Carlo Lucheroni

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…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 N. Stefanakis , N. Flytzanis

Josephson junctions based on quantum dots offer a convenient tunability by means of local gates. Here we analyze a Josephson junction based on a serial double quantum dot in which the two dots are individually gated by phase-shifted…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-04-12 Carlos Ortega-Taberner , Antti-Pekka Jauho , Jens Paaske

We derive a mesoscopic theory of the Josephson junction from non-relativistic scalar electrodynamics. Our theory reproduces the Josephson relations with the canonical current phase relation acquiring a weak second harmonic term, and it…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-27 Thomas J. Maldonado , Hakan E. Türeci , Alejandro W. Rodriguez

We report the observation of a current-phase relation dominated by the second Josephson harmonic in superconductor-ferromagnet-superconductor junctions. The exotic current-phase relation is realized in the vicinity of a…

Quantum fluctuations in a current biased Josephson junction, described in terms of the RCSJ-model, are considered. The fluctuations of the voltage and phase across the junction are assumed to be initiated by equilibrium current fluctuations…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 Y. Levinson

We report a theoretical study of multiterminal Josephson junctions under the influence of a magnetic field $B$. We consider a ballistic rectangular two-dimensional metal $N_0$ connected by the edges to the left, right, top and bottom…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-03-21 Régis Mélin , Clemens B. Winkelmann , Romain Danneau

We show that a constriction-type Josephson junction realized by an epitactic thin film of a d-wave superconductor with an appropriate boundary geometry exhibits intrinsic phase differences between 0 and pi depending on geometric parameters…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Gumann , N. Schopohl

We present theoretical results for the equilibrium Josephson current through an Anderson dot tuned into the magnetic regime, using Hirsch-Fye Monte Carlo simulations covering the complete crossover from Kondo-dominated physics to $\pi$…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-10 F. Siano , R. Egger

Josephson junctions made of conventional superconductors display Fraunhofer-like oscillations of the critical current as a function of the threaded magnetic flux. When the superconductors are deposited on the surface of a three-dimensional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-22 Omri Lesser , Joon Young Park , Yuval Ronen , Thomas Werkmeister , Philip Kim , Yuval Oreg

We have measured the current-voltage characteristics of a single Josephson junction placed in a high impedance environment. The transfer of Cooper pairs through the junction is governed by overdamped quasicharge dynamics, leading to Coulomb…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Corlevi , W. Guichard , F. W. J. Hekking , D. B. Haviland

We calculate the DC Josephson current through a semiconducting quantum dot which is weakly coupled by tunnel barriers to two superconducting reservoirs. A Breit-Wigner resonance in the conductance corresponds to a resonance in the critical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-04-08 C. W. J. Beenakker , H. van Houten

The most important practical characteristic of a Josephson junction is its critical current. The shape of the junction determines the specific form of the magnetic-field dependence of the its Josephson current. Here we address the magnetic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-07-07 Roberto Monaco

The role of reduced dimensionality in high temperature superconductors is still under debate. Recently, ultracold atoms have emerged as an ideal model system to study such strongly correlated 2D systems. Here, we report on the realisation…

The minimal length of ``one-dimensional'' Josephson junctions, in which the specific bound states of the magnetic flux retain their stability is discussed numerically. Thereby, we consider as ``long'' every Josephson junction, in which…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-10-20 T. L. Boyadjiev , M. D. Todorov

We investigate the superfluid dynamics of a Josephson junction beyond the mean-field description, incorporating the role of thermal fluctuations as well as quantum fluctuations. Using a formalism that accounts for the fluctuations in a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2026-05-01 Andrea Bardin , Francesco Lorenzi , Luca Salasnich

The stationary Josephson effect in a system of ballistic graphene is studied in the framework of quasiclassical Green's function theory. Reflecting the ultimate two-dimensionality of graphene, a Josephson junction involving a graphene sheet…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-08-24 Yositake Takane , Ken-Ichiro Imura