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We theoretically analyse a long constriction between the helical edge states of a two-dimensional topological insulator. The constriction is laterally tunnel-coupled to two superconductors and a magnetic field is applied perpendicularly to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-05-17 Lucia Vigliotti , Alessio Calzona , Björn Trauzettel , Maura Sassetti , Niccolò Traverso Ziani

We study the Josephson junction mediated by the quantum spin Hall edge states and show that electron-electron interactions lead to a dissipationless fractional Josephson effect in the presence of time-reversal symmetry. Surprisingly, the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-07-17 Fan Zhang , C. L. Kane

We explore a spin Josephson effect in a system of two ferromagnets coupled by a tunnel junction formed of 2D time-reversal invariant topological insulators. In analogy with the more commonly studied instance of the Josephson effect for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-30 Qinglei Meng , Vasudha Shivamoggi , Taylor L. Hughes , Matthew J. Gilbert , Smitha Vishveshwara

Time-reversal invariance places strong constraints on the properties of the quantum spin Hall edge. One such restriction is the inevitability of dissipation in a Josephson junction between two superconductors formed on such an edge without…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-01-16 Hoi-Yin Hui , Jay D. Sau

We study Josephson junctions between superconductors connected through the helical edge states of a two-dimensional topological insulator in the presence of a magnetic barrier. As the equilibrium Andreev bound states of the junction are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Driss M. Badiane , Manuel Houzet , Julia S. Meyer

A nonstationary anomalous Hall current is calculated for a voltage biased Josephson junction, which is composed of two s-wave superconducting contacts deposited on the top of a three dimensional topological insulator (TI). A homogeneous…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-07-24 A. G. Mal'shukov

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…

In topological insulator edges, the duality between the Zeeman field orientation and the proximitized superconducting phase has been recently exploited to predict a magneto-Josephson effect with a 4$\pi$ periodicity. We revisit this latter…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-03 Corneliu Malciu , Leonardo Mazza , Christophe Mora

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

We experimentally investigate Josephson current between two 5~$\mu$m spaced superconducting indium leads, coupled to a NiTe$_2$ single crystal flake, which is a type-II Dirac semimetal. Under microwave irradiation, we demonstrate a.c.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-17 D. Yu. Kazmin , V. D. Esin , A. V. Timonina , N. N. Kolesnikov , E. V. Deviatov

When a topological insulator is incorporated into a Josephson junction, the system is predicted to reveal the fractional Josephson effect with a 4$\pi$-periodic current-phase relation. Here, we report the measurement of a $4\pi$-periodic…

Two-particle backscattering in time-reversal invariant interacting helical electron systems can lead to the formation of quasiparticles with charge $e/2$. We propose a way to detect such states by means of the Josephson effect in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-25 Christopher J. Pedder , Tobias Meng , Rakesh Tiwari , Thomas L. Schmidt

We study junctions between superconductors mediated by the edge states of a quantum spin Hall insulator. We show that such junctions exhibit a fractional Josephson effect, in which the current phase relation has a 4\pi, rather than a 2\pi…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Liang Fu , C. L. Kane

We develop a microscopic theory of ac Josephson effect in superconducting junctions described by an arbitrary scattering matrix that may include magnetic effects. In the limit of constant in time bias voltage $V$ applied to the junction we…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-10-22 Mikhail S. Kalenkov , Andrei D. Zaikin

The Josephson diode effect, where the critical current magnitude depends on its direction, arises when both time-reversal and inversion symmetries are broken - often achieved by a combination of spin-orbit interaction and applied magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-02-13 Gerrit Behner , Abdur Rehman Jalil , Detlev Grützmacher , Thomas Schäpers

Embedded in an ohmic environment, the Josephson current peak can transfer part of its weight to finite voltage and the junction becomes resistive. The dissipative environment can even suppress the superconducting effect of the junction via…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-10 Tom Morel , Christophe Mora

We investigate theoretically the dynamics of a Josephson junction in the framework of the RSJ model. We consider a junction that hosts two supercurrrent contributions: a $2\pi$- and a $4\pi$-periodic in phase, with intensities $I_{2\pi}$…

We consider an annular superconductor-insulator-superconductor Josephson-junction, with the insulator being a double layer of electron and holes at Abelian fractional quantum Hall states of identical fillings. When the two superconductors…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-02 Eran Sagi , Yuval Oreg , Ady Stern , Bertrand I. Halperin

A prominent signature of Majorana bound states is the exotic Josephson effects they produce, the classic example being a fractional Josephson current with 4\pi periodicity in the phase difference across the junction. Recent work established…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-11-06 Falko Pientka , Liang Jiang , David Pekker , Jason Alicea , Gil Refael , Yuval Oreg , Felix von Oppen

Current-phase relation in a Josephson junction formed by putting two s-wave superconductors on the same edge of a two dimensional topological insulator is investigated. We consider the case that the junction length is finite and magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-13 Shu-feng Zhang , Wei Zhu , Qing-feng Sun
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