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We investigate manipulation with Andreev bound states in Josephson quantum point contacts with magnetic scattering. Rabi oscillations in the two-level Andreev subsystems are excited by resonant driving the direction of magnetic moment of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Michelsen , V. S. Shumeiko , G. Wendin

We theoretically investigate the behavior of Andreev levels in a single-orbital interacting quantum dot in contact to superconducting leads, focusing on the effect of electrostatic gating and applied magnetic field, as relevant for recent…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-10-12 Nils Wentzell , Serge Florens , Tobias Meng , Volker Meden , Sabine Andergassen

We use a single-channel scattering formalism to derive general expressions for the Andreev bound-state energies and resulting current--phase relationship in a one-dimensional semiconductor-based SNS-junction, including arbitrarily oriented…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-22 Jonas Lidal , Jeroen Danon

We study the excess conductance due to the superconducting proximity effect in a ballistic two-dimensional electron system subject to an in-plane magnetic field. We show that under certain conditions the interplay of the Zeeman spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Grygoriy Tkachov , Klaus Richter

Josephson junctions formed in semiconductor nanowires host Andreev bound states and serve as a physical platform to realize Andreev qubits tuned by electrostatic gating. With the Andreev bound state being confined to the nanoscale weak…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-16 O. O. Shvetsov , A. Khola , V. Buccheri , I. P. C. Cools , N. Trnjanin , T. Kanne , J. Nygård , A. Geresdi

In this work, we theoretically study transverse magnetic focusing in a two-dimensional electron gas with strong Rashba spin-orbit interaction when proximitized along its edge with a superconducting contact. The presence of superconducting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-05 Lucila Peralta Gavensky , Gonzalo Usaj , C. A. Balseiro

We performed microwave spectroscopy of an InAs nanowire between superconducting contacts implementing a finite-length, multi-channel Josephson weak link. Certain features in the spectra, such as the splitting by spin-orbit interactions of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-09-01 F. J. Matute-Cañadas , C. Metzger , Sunghun Park , L. Tosi , P. Krogstrup , J. Nygård , M. F. Goffman , C. Urbina , H. Pothier , A. Levy Yeyati

We consider normal-superconductor (NS) and superconductor-normal-superconductor (SNS) junctions based on one-dimensional nanowires with Rashba spin-orbit coupling and proximity-induced $s$-wave spin-singlet superconductivity and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-28 Jorge Cayao , Annica M. Black-Schaffer

In this article we review the state of the art on the transport properties of quantum dot systems connected to superconducting and normal electrodes. The review is mainly focused on the theoretical achievements although a summary of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-22 A. Martin-Rodero , A. Levy Yeyati

We study the transport properties of a voltage biased contact between two spin-split superconductors separated by an insulating barrier of arbitrary transparency. At low transparency, the contribution of multiple Andreev reflections leads…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-01-15 Bo Lu , Pablo Burset , Yukio Tanaka

We theoretically study Josephson junctions with a transition metal dichalcogenide zigzag ribbon as a weak link. We demonstrate that the spatial profile of the supercurrent carried by the edge modes determines the critical current dependence…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-20 D. Sticlet , P. Wójcik , M. P. Nowak

In hybrid Josephson junctions with three or more superconducting terminals coupled to a semiconducting region, Andreev bound states may form unconventional energy band structures, or Andreev matter, which are engineered by controlling…

We report on high-resolution differential conductance experiments on nanoscale superconductor/ferromagnet tunnel junctions with ultra-thin oxide tunnel barriers. We observe subgap conductance features which are symmetric with respect to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-11-14 F. Hübler , M. J. Wolf , T. Scherer , D. Wang , D. Beckmann , H. v. Löhneysen

We present here an extensive theoretical analysis of the supercurrent of a superconducting point contact of arbitrary transparency in the presence of a microwave field. Our study is mainly based on two different approaches: a two-level…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-28 F. S. Bergeret , P. Virtanen , A. Ozaeta , T. T. Heikkilä , J. C. Cuevas

We consider phase-biased Josephson junctions with spin-orbit coupling under external magnetic fields and study the emergence of the Josephson diode effect in the presence of Majorana bound states. We show that junctions having middle…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-03-08 Jorge Cayao , Naoto Nagaosa , Yukio Tanaka

In this paper we address several new developments in the theory of dc Josephson effect in superconducting weak links. We analyze an interplay between quantum interference effects and Andreev reflection in SNS nanojunctions with insulating…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrei D. Zaikin

We describe a simple hybrid superconductor$|$ferromagnetic-insulator structure manifesting spin-resolved Andreev bound states in which dynamic magnetization is employed to probe spin related physics. We show that, at low bias and below…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-03-24 Mostafa Tanhayi Ahari , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak

The Andreev bound states and charge transport in a Josephson junction between two superconductors with intrinsic exchange fields are studied. We find that for a parallel configuration of the exchange fields in the superconductors the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-10-26 B. Bujnowski , D. Bercioux , F. Konschelle , J. Cayssol , F. S. Bergeret

A superconductor-semiconducting nanowire-superconductor heterostructure in the presence of spin orbit coupling and magnetic field can support a supercurrent even in the absence of phase difference between the superconducting electrodes. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 G. Campagnano , P. Lucignano , D. Giuliano , A. Tagliacozzo

We theoretically study the dephasing of an Andreev spin qubit (ASQ) due to electric and magnetic noise. Using a tight-binding model, we calculate the Andreev states formed in a Josephson junction where the link is a semiconductor with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-04 Silas Hoffman , Max Hays , Kyle Serniak , Thomas Hazard , Charles Tahan