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Majorana zero modes are quasiparticle states localized at the boundaries of topological superconductors that are expected to be ideal building blocks for fault-tolerant quantum computing. Several observations of zero-bias conductance peaks…

We derive a generic phenomenological model of a Majorana Josephson junction that accounts for avoided crossing of Andreev states, and investigate its dynamics at constant bias voltage to reveal an unexpected pattern of any-\pi\ Josephson…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-10-25 D. I. Pikulin , Yuli V. Nazarov

Exotic superconductors, such as high T$_C$, topological, and heavy-fermion superconductors, require phase sensitive measurements to determine the underlying pairing. Here we investigate the proximity-induced superconductivity in nanowires…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-02-21 C. J. Trimble , M. T. Wei , N. F. Q. Yuan , S. S. Kalantre , P. Liu , H. -J Han , M. -G. Han , Y. Zhu , J. J. Cha , L. Fu , J. R. Williams

Majorana zero modes (MZMs) in topological superconductors are promising for quantum computing, yet their unambiguous detection remains challenging. We fabricated Josephson junctions (JJs) using Cd$_3$As$_2$ Dirac semimetal nanoribbons with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-10-07 Rak-Hee Kim , Yeongmin Jang , Bob M. Wang , Dong Yu , Yong-Joo Doh

A Josephson diode passes current with zero resistance in one direction but is resistive in the other direction. While such an effect has been observed in several platforms, a large and tunable Josephson diode effect has been rare. Here we…

We predict a field-free transverse Josephson diode effect in altermagnets (AMs) with Rashba spin--orbit coupling, achieving diode efficiencies exceeding $3000\%$ and unidirectional transverse supercurrents in four-terminal junctions. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 Bijay Kumar Sahoo , Abhiram Soori

Topological superconductivity is expected to spur Majorana zero modes -- exotic states that are also considered a quantum technology asset. Fractional Josephson effect is their manifestation in electronic transport measurements, often under…

We investigate the Josephson effcet in superconductor-normal-superconductor junction (SNS) base on the doped unbiased silicene under the perpendicular electric field and off-resonance circularly polarized light. The Andreev reflection…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-06-28 Chen-Huan Wu

The recent discovery of intrinsic supercurrent diode effect, and its prompt observation in a rich variety of systems, has shown that nonreciprocal supercurrents naturally emerge when both space- and time-inversion symmetries are broken. In…

Superconducting proximity junctions based on topological insulators are widely believed to harbor Majorana-like bound states. The latter serves as a paradigm non-local topological quantum computation protocols. Nowadays, a search for…

Josephson junctions made of closely-spaced conventional superconductors on the surface of 3D topological insulators have been proposed to host Andreev bound states (ABSs) which can include Majorana fermions. Here, we present an extensive…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-07-04 C. Kurter , A. D. K. Finck , P. Ghaemi , Y. S. Hor , D. J. Van Harlingen

We study chiral interface Andreev bound states and their influence on the Josephson current between clean superconductors. Possible examples are superconducting Sr2RuO4 and the B-phase of the heavy-fermion superconductor UPt3. We show that,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 Yu. S. Barash , A. M. Bobkov , M. Fogelstrom

We report supercurrent transport measurements in hybrid Josephson junctions comprised of semiconducting InAs nanowires with epitaxial ferromagnetic insulator EuS and superconducting Al coatings. The wires display a hysteretic…

We consider a Josephson junction built with the two-dimensional semi-Dirac semimetal, which features a hybrid of linear and quadratic dispersion around a nodal point. We model the weak link between the two superconducting regions by a Dirac…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-04-10 Ipsita Mandal

Topological superconductors are gapped superconductors with protected Majorana surface/edge states on the boundary. In this paper, we study the Josephson coupling between time-reversal invariant topological superconductors and s-wave…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-01-17 Suk Bum Chung , Joshua Horowitz , Xiao-Liang Qi

We present a theory for the Josephson effect in an unconventional superconductor / one-dimensional electron gas / unconventional superconductor (s/o/s) junction, where the Josephson current is carried by components injected perpendicular to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 Yukio Tanaka , Takashi Hirai , Koichi Kusakabe , Satoshi Kashiwaya

We demonstrate that the subgap Andreev bound states in a transparent Josephson junction, comprising of either chiral or non-chiral superconductors, can be viewed as a consequence of the index theorem in supersymmetric quantum mechanics. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-09 Sinchan Ghosh , Srinjoy Ghosh , Arijit Kundu , K. Sengupta

Time-reversal-invariant topological superconductor (TRITOPS) wires host Majorana Kramers pairs that have been predicted to mediate a fractional Josephson effect with $4\pi$ periodicity in the superconducting phase difference. We explore the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-11-18 Christina Knapp , Aaron Chew , Jason Alicea

One Majorana doublet can be realized at each end of the time-reversal-invariant Majorana nanowires. We investigate the Josephson effect in the Majorana-doublet-presented junction modified by different inter-doublet coupling manners. It is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-01-14 Wei-Jiang Gong , Zhen Gao , Wan-Fei Shan , Guang-Yu Yi

Superconducting proximity junctions made of topological insulator (TI) nanoribbons (NRs) provide a useful platform for studying topological superconductivity. We report on the fabrication and measurement of Josephson junctions (JJs) using…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-01-05 Rak-Hee Kim , Nam-Hee Kim , Bongkeon Kim , Yasen Hou , Dong Yu , Yong-Joo Doh