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Three-dimensional topological insulators are characterized by the presence of a bandgap in their bulk and gapless Dirac fermions at their surfaces. New physical phenomena originating from the presence of the Dirac fermions are predicted to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-12-12 B. Sacepe , J. B. Oostinga , J. Li , A. Ubaldini , N. J. G. Couto , E. Giannini , A. F. Morpurgo

We demonstrate the role of proximity effect in the thermal hysteresis of superconducting constrictions. From the analysis of successive thermal instabilities in the transport characteristics of micron-size superconducting quantum…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-05 Nikhil Kumar , T. Fournier , H. Courtois , C. B. Winkelmann , Anjan K. Gupta

In this study, we examined the supercurrent diode effect (SDE) in mesoscopic superconducting weak links formed by asymmetric Dayem bridges. These planar metallic constrictions, which naturally exhibit Josephsonlike behavior, offer a…

Proximity effects and pair currents were measured in epitaxial trilayer \textit{c-axis} junctions comprise of a $PrBa_2Cu_3O_{7-\delta}$ barrier sandwiched in between an overdoped $Y_{0.94}Ca_{0.06}Ba_2Cu_3O_{7-\delta}$ and underdoped…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-03-01 Gad Koren

We theoretically investigate the critical current of a thermally-biased SIS Josephson junction formed by electrodes made by different BCS superconductors. The response of the device is analyzed as a function of the asymmetry parameter,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-04 Claudio Guarcello , Alessandro Braggio , Paolo Solinas , Francesco Giazotto

We demonstrate that by utilizing an over-screened Josephson junction as a noise detector it is possible to achieve the threshold regime, whereby the tails of the fluctuating current distribution are measured. This situation is realized by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Eugene V. Sukhorukov , Andrew N. Jordan

A boundary between two d-wave superconductors or an s-wave and a d-wave superconductor generally breaks time-reversal symmetry and can generate spontaneous currents due to proximity effect. On the other hand, surfaces and interfaces in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 M. H. S. Amin , A. N. Omelyanchouk , A. M. Zagoskin

The interface properties of high-temperature cuprate superconductors have been of interest for many years, and play an essential role in Josephson junctions, superconducting cables, and microwave electronics. In particular, the maximum…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-09-07 S. Graser , P. J. Hirschfeld , T. Kopp , R. Gutser , B. M. Andersen , J. Mannhart

We theoretically study coherent multiple Andreev reflections in a biased three-terminal Josephson junction. We demonstrate that the direct current flowing through the junction consists of supercurrent components when the bias voltages are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-22 M. P. Nowak , M. Wimmer , A. R. Akhmerov

Typically, topological superconductivity is reachable via proximity effect by a direct deposition of superconductor (S) on top of a topological insulator (TI) surface. Here we observed and analyzed the double critical current in the…

The theory of current transport in a narrow superconducting channel accounting for thermal fluctuations is revisited. The value of voltage appearing in the sample is found as the function of temperature (close to transition temperature…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-03-05 Yu. N. Ovchinnikov , A. A. Varlamov

A single spin in a Josephson junction can reverse the flow of the supercurrent. At mesoscopic length scales, such $\pi$-junctions are employed in various instances from finding the pairing symmetry to quantum computing. In Yu-Shiba-Rusinov…

Superconductivity is a result of quantum coherence at macroscopic scales. Two superconductors separated by a metallic or insulating weak link exhibit the AC Josephson effect - the conversion of a DC voltage bias into an AC supercurrent.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-01-31 Thomas McDermott , Hai-Yao Deng , Andreas Isacsson , Eros Mariani

We study the Josephson effect in the multiterminal junction of topological superconductors. We use the symmetry-constrained scattering matrix approach to derive band dispersions of emergent sub-gap Andreev bound states in a multidimensional…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-04-03 Hong-Yi Xie , Alex Levchenko

Turbine blades operating in transonic-supersonic regime develop a complex shock wave system at the trailing edge, a phenomenon that leads to unfavorable pressure perturbations downstream and can interact with other turbine stages.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-01-10 Alejandro Martinez-Cava , Yinzhu Wang , Javier de Vicente , Eusebio Valero

Superconducting transitions are driven by thermal fluctuations close to the transition temperature, Tc. These fluctuations are averaged out in global measurements, leaving imprints on susceptibility and resistance measurements. Here, we use…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-06-29 Shai Wissberg , Aviad Frydman , Beena Kalisky

Control of the Josephson current by varying a gate current has recently been demonstrated in both 4-terminal and 3-terminal junctions. We show that, when the the gates are weakly coupled to the Josephson junction, the Josephson current…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Tolga Ilhan , Philip F. Bagwell

Using a numerical tight-binding approach based on the Chebyshev-Bogoliubov-de Gennes method we describe Josephson junctions made of multilayer graphene contacted by top superconducting gates. Both Bernal (ABA) and rhombohedral (ABC)…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-01-20 W. A. Munoz , L. Covaci , F. M. Peeters

The atomic superfluid quantum interference device (ASQUID) with tunable Josephson junctions is theoretically investigated. ASQUID is a device that can be used for the detection of rotation. In this work we establish an analytical theory for…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-07-09 Jiatao Tan , Boyang Liu

The recent observations of the superconducting diode effect pose the challenge to fully understand the necessary ingredients for non-reciprocal phenomena in superconductors. In this theoretical work, we focus on the non-reciprocity of the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-06-30 Tatiana de Picoli , Zane Blood , Yuli Lyanda-Geller , Jukka I. Väyrynen