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Using non-equilibrium Green's functions, we studied numerically the transport properties of a Josephson junction, superconductor-topological insulator-superconductor hybrid system. Our numerical calculation shows first that…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-05-11 Juntao Song , Haiwen Liu , Jie Liu , Yuxian Li , Robert Joynt , Qing-feng Sun , X. C. Xie

Dirac surface states in a topological insulator (TI) with proximity-induced superconductivity offer a promising platform for realizing topological superconductivity and Majorana physics. However, in TIs, the Josephson effect is usually…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 Bomin Zhang , Xiaoda Liu , Junjie Qi , Ling-Jie Zhou , Deyi Zhuo , Han Tay , Hongtao Rong , Annie G. Wang , Zhiyuan Xi , Chao-Xing Liu , Chui-Zhen Chen , Cui-Zu Chang

We have studied mesoscopic Josephson junctions formed by highly $n$-doped InAs nanowires and superconducting Ti/Pb source and drain leads. The current-voltage properties of the system are investigated by varying temperature and external…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-26 J. Paajaste , M. Amado , S. Roddaro , F. S. Bergeret , D. Ercolani , L. Sorba , F. Giazotto

Topological superconductors are appealing building blocks for robust and reliable quantum information processing. Most platforms for engineering topological superconductivity rely on a combination of superconductors, materials with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-06 Ignacio Sardinero , Rubén Seoane Souto , Pablo Burset

We report an experimental study of induced superconductivity in Ge hut nanowire Josephson junctions. The Ge hut nanowires are grown on prepatterned SiGe ridges via molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and Josephson junction devices are fabricated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-23 Han Gao , Jian-Huan Wang , Ji-Yin Wang , Jian-Jun Zhang , Hongqi Xu

Josephson junctions are essential devices in superconducting electronics and quantum computing hardware. Here we predict electrical control of the supercurrent in composite superconductor-insulator-ferroelectric-insulator-superconductor…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-05-08 Yaozu Tang , Mazhar N. Ali , Gerrit E. W. Bauer , Yaroslav M. Blanter

The superconducting diode effect -- the dependence of critical current on its direction -- can arise from the simultaneous breaking of inversion and time-reversal symmetry in a superconductor and has gained interest for its potential…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-07-18 Haixuan Huang , Tatiana de Picoli , Jukka I. Väyrynen

Josephson junctions with three or more superconducting leads have been predicted to exhibit topological effects in the presence of few conducting modes within the interstitial normal material. Such behavior, of relevance for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-02-25 Gino V. Graziano , Joon Sue Lee , Mihir Pendharkar , Chris Palmstrøm , Vlad S. Pribiag

We propose theoretically a thermal switch operating by the magnetic-flux controlled diffraction of phase-coherent heat currents in a thermally biased Josephson junction based on a two-dimensional topological insulator. For short junctions,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-03-02 Björn Sothmann , Francesco Giazotto , Ewelina M. Hankiewicz

The Josephson effect describes the generic appearance of a supercurrent in a weak link between two superconductors. Its exact physical nature however deeply influences the properties of the supercurrent. Detailed studies of Josephson…

Establishment of phase-coherence and a non-dissipative (super)current between two weakly coupled superconductors, known as the Josephson effect, plays a foundational role in basic physics and applications to metrology, precision sensing,…

Hybrid samples combining superconductors with magnetic topological insulators are a promising platform for exploring exotic new transport physics. We examine a Josephson junction of such a system, based on the dilute magnetic topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-04-27 Pankaj Mandal , Nicolai Taufertshöfer , Lukas Lunczer , Martin P. Stehno , Charles Gould , Laurens W. Molenkamp

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

The Josephson effect is one of the most studied macroscopic quantum phenomena in condensed matter physics and has been an essential part of the quantum technologies development over the last decades. It is already used in many applications…

Twisted interfaces between stacked van der Waals cuprate crystals enable tunable Josephson coupling between in-plane anisotropic superconducting order parameters. Employing a novel cryogenic assembly technique, we fabricate Josephson…

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…

In this letter we report on the electrical transport properties of Bi$_4$Te$_3$ in a Josephson junction geometry using superconducting Al electrodes with a Ti interdiffusion barrier. Bi$_4$Te$_3$ is proposed to be a dual topological…

We study superconducting quantum interference in a Josephson junction linked via edge states in two-dimensional (2D) insulators. We consider two scenarios in which the 2D insulator is either a topological or a trivial insulator supporting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-08-16 Tamás Haidekker Galambos , Silas Hoffman , Patrik Recher , Jelena Klinovaja , Daniel Loss

We report the fabrication of strongly coupled nanohybrid superconducting junctions using PbS semiconductor nanowires and Pb0.5In0.5 superconducting electrodes. The maximum supercurrent in the junction reaches up to ~15 \mu A at 0.3 K, which…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-10-06 Bum-Kyu Kim , Hong-Seok Kim , Yiming Yang , Xingyue Peng , Dong Yu , Yong-Joo Doh

The rise of topological phases of matter is strongly connected to their potential to host Majorana bound states, a powerful ingredient in the search for a robust, topologically protected, quantum information processing. In order to produce…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-10 Erwann Bocquillon , Jonas Wiedenmann , Russell S. Deacon , Teunis M. Klapwijk , Hartmut Buhmann , Laurens W. Molenkamp