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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 study the Josephson junction where nonreciprocal critical current was induced by the interplay of the $4\pi$-periodic and $2\pi$-periodic current-phase relation of the junction. We take the model of a topological junction which serves as…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-04-15 Huarong Zhong , Zhi Wang

The behavior of a long Josephson tunnel junction drastically depends on the distribution of the dc bias current. We investigate the case in which the bias current is fed in the central point of a one-dimensional junction. Such junction…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-01-11 R. Monaco , J. Mygind , V. P. Koshelets , P. Dmitriev

The dc transport properties of long arrays of small Al Josephson junctions, biased through on-chip Cr resistors, are studied. The IV-characteristics show a large Coulomb threshold for current as well as negative-slope regions indicating the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 Sergey V. Lotkhov , Vladimir A. Krupenin , Alexander B. Zorin

We study theoretically the Josephson effect in junctions based on unconventional superconductors with diffusive barriers, using the quasiclassical Green's function formalism. Generalized boundary conditions at junction interfaces applicable…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 T. Yokoyama , Y. Tanaka , A. A. Golubov

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 discuss how to control dc Josephson current by influencing the structure and nonequilibrium population of Andreev levels via external electrostatic gates, external current injection and electromagnetic radiation. In particular we will…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 Goran Wendin , Vitaly S. Shumeiko , Peter Samuelsson

Fluctuations of the current through a tunnel junction are measured using a Josephson junction. The current noise adds to the bias current of the Josephson junction and affects its switching out of the supercurrent branch. The experiment is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-02-17 Q. Le Masne , H. Pothier , Norman O. Birge , C. Urbina , D. Esteve

Bijunctions are three-terminal Josephson junctions where three superconductors are connected by a single weak link made of a metallic region or of quantum dots. Biasing two of the superconductors with commensurate voltages yields Andreev…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 R. Mélin , D. Feinberg , H. Courtois , C. Padurariu , A. Pfeffer , J. E. Duvauchelle , F. Lefloch , T. Jonckheere , J. Rech , T. Martin , B. Douçot

We discuss how phase coherence manifests in the heat transport through superconducting single and multichannel Josephson junctions in time dependent situations. We consider the heat current driven through the junction by a temperature…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-03-02 P. Virtanen , F. Giazotto

Experimental observation of the unidirectional motion of a topological soliton driven by a bi-harmonic ac force of zero mean is reported. The observation is made by measuring the current-voltage characteristics for a fluxon trapped in an…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 A. V. Ustinov , C. Coqui , A. Kemp , Y. Zolotaryuk , M. Salerno

The superconducting diode effect has garnered significant interest due to its prospective applications in cryogenic electronics and computing, enabling directional supercurrent transport. This phenomenon has been demonstrated across various…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-09-19 L. Borgongino , R. Seoane Souto , A. Paghi , G. Senesi , K. Skibinska , L. Sorba , E. Riccardi , F. Giazotto , E. Strambini

To reveal the influence of the exchange interaction on the Josephson effect, the d.c. Josephson current in unconventional-superconductor / ferromagnet / unconventional-superconductor junctions is studied. When the two superconductors have…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 Y. Tanaka , S. Kashiwaya

We simulate the current-voltage relation of short layered superconductors, which we model as stacks of capacitively coupled Josephson junctions. The system is driven by external laser fields, in order to optically control the voltage drop…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-10-30 Frank Schlawin , Anastasia S. D. Dietrich , Dieter Jaksch

One can demonstrate that a 1-D Josephson network containing junctions with different resistances can be synchronized at frequencies, which are multiples of 2eV, where V is the total d.c. voltage applied across the network. The appearance of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-16 Yurii Ovchinnikov , Vladimir Kresin

An all-superconducting bijunction consists of a central superconductor contacted to two lateral superconductors, such that non-local crossed Andreev reflection is operating. Then new correlated transport channels for the Cooper pairs appear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-05 T. Jonckheere , J. Rech , T. Martin , B. Douçot , D. Feinberg , R. Mélin

We review experiments on small-capacitance Josephson junctions. When the Josephson junction is fabricated in the configuration of dc superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID), the Josephson coupling can be tuned IN SITU with an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michio Watanabe , David B. Haviland

Supercurrent transport is experimentally studied in a Josephson junction hosting a double quantum dot (DQD) with tunable symmetries. The QDs are parallel-coupled to two superconducting contacts and can be tuned between strong inter-dot…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-14 Rousan Debbarma , Markus Aspegren , Florinda Viñas Boström , Sebastian Lehmann , Kimberly Dick , Claes Thelander

The dc current-voltage characteristics of small Josephson junctions reveal features that are not observed in larger junctions, in particular, a switch to the finite voltage state at current values much less than the expected critical…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-04-11 Venkat Chandrasekhar

We consider a Josephson junction where the weak-link is formed by a non-centrosymmetric ferromagnet. In such a junction, the superconducting current acts as a direct driving force on the magnetic moment. We show that the a.c. Josephson…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-01-08 François Konschelle , Alexandre Buzdin