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We show that the Josephson diode effect becomes possible when two coupled antiferromagnetic dimers of point-like magnetic adatoms are deposited on top of a Rashba superconductor. The degree of nonreciprocity is substantial when the arising…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-09-23 Panagiotis Kotetes , Mercè Roig , Brian M. Andersen

We study a Majorana island coupled to a bulk superconductor via a Josephson junction and to multiple external normal leads. In the absence of the Josephson coupling, the system displays a topological Kondo state, which had been largely…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-01 L. Aviad Landau , Eran Sela

The Josephson effect is a manifestation of the macroscopic phase coherence of superconductors and superfluids. We propose that with ultracold Fermi gases one can realise a spin-asymmetric Josephson effect in which the two spin components of…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2010-12-10 M. O. J. Heikkinen , F. Massel , J. Kajala , M. J. Leskinen , G. -S. Paraoanu , P. Torma

The demonstration of the non-Abelian properties of Majorana bound states (MBS) is a crucial step toward topological quantum computing. We theoretically investigate how Majorana fusion rules manifest themselves in the current-voltage…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-07 Sang-Jun Choi , Alessio Calzona , Björn Trauzettel

We provide theoretical arguments that dark matter axions from the galactic halo that pass through the earth may generate a small observable signal in resonant S/N/S Josephson junctions. The corresponding interaction process is based on…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-12-16 Christian Beck

We theoretically study a Kitaev wire interrupted by an extra site which gives rise to super exchange coupling between two Majorana bound states. We show that this system hosts a tunable, non-equlibrium Josephson effect with a characteristic…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-08-22 C. Laflamme , J. C. Budich , P. Zoller , M. Dalmonte

We theoretically study a Josephson junction based on a semiconducting nanowire subject to a time-dependent flux bias. We establish a general density matrix approach for the dynamical response of the Majorana junction and calculate the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-02-07 Mircea Trif , Olesia Dmytruk , Helene Bouchiat , Ramon Aguado , Pascal Simon

We investigate theoretical aspects of the detection of Majorana bound states in Josephson junctions using the semiclassical RCSJ model of junction dynamics. The influence of a 4$\pi$-periodic supercurrent contribution can be detected…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-06 Jordi Picó-Cortés , Fernando Domínguez , Gloria Platero

We consider microwave spectroscopy of Josephon junctions composed of hybridized Majorana states in topological 1-D superconductors. We point out how spectroscopic features of the junction appear in the current phase relation under microwave…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-10-30 Pauli Virtanen , Patrik Recher

This article presents the phase dynamics of an inline long Josephson junction in voltage state under the influence of constant external magnetic field. Fractional calculus approach is used to model the evolution of the phase difference…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-15 Amer Rasheed , Imtiaz Ali

Topological Majorana fermion (MF) quasiparticles have been recently suggested to exist in semiconductor quantum wires with proximity induced superconductivity and a Zeeman field. Although the experimentally observed zero bias tunneling peak…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-08-19 Jay D. Sau , Brian Swingle , Sumanta Tewari

We study fractional Josephson effect in a particle-number conserving system consisting of a quasi-one-dimensional superconductor coupled to a nanowire or an edge carrying $e/m$ fractional charge excitations with $m$ being an odd integer. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-28 Meng Cheng , Roman M. Lutchyn

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

Quantitative analysis of the Josephson effect is shown to provide direct information about phase fluctuations in the superconducting banks. Applying the analysis to the cuprates, substantial quantum fluctuations between d-wave and s-wave…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Hlubina , M. Grajcar , J. Mraz

Current steps in the current-voltage characteristics of wide superconducting Sn films exposed to a microwave irradiation were observed in the resistive state with phase slip lines. The behaviour of the magnitude of the steps on the applied…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-12-03 V. M. Dmitriev , I. V. Zolochevskii , E. V. Bezuglyi , D. S. Kondrashev

Superconductivity and the quantum Hall effect are considered to be two cornerstones of condensed matter physics. The realization of hybrid structures where these two effects coexist has recently become an active field of research. In this…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-11 Lucila Peralta Gavensky , Gonzalo Usaj , C. A. Balseiro

In the presence of an external magnetic field Cooper pairs in noncentrosymmetric superconductors can acquire finite momentum. Recent theory predicts that such finite-momentum pairing can lead to an asymmetric critical current, where a…

Recently, the search for Majorana fermions (MFs) has become one of the most important and exciting issues in condensed matter physics since such an exotic quasiparticle is expected to potentially give rise to unprecedented quantum phenomena…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-22 Satoshi Sasaki , Takeshi Mizushima

Examination of an annular system of underdamped Josephson junctions in the presence of external radiation showed that the ability of the system to lock with some external radiation was determined not only by the number but also by the type…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-02-19 I. R. Rahmonov , J. Tekić , P. Mali , A. Irie , Yu. M. Shukrinov

We study theoretically dynamics in a Josephson junction coupled to a mechanical resonator looking at the signatures of the resonance in d.c. electrical response of the junction. Such a system can be realized experimentally as a suspended…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-12-07 C. Padurariu , C. J. H. Keijzers , Yu. V. Nazarov