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The pursuit of dissipationless spin supercurrents is a central theme in superconducting spintronics. We propose a field-free Josephson junction using an inhomogeneous altermagnetic interlayer with in-plane N\'{e}el vectors. We show that the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-05-11 Wenjun Zhao , Yuri Fukaya , Pablo Burset , Jorge Cayao , Yukio Tanaka , Bo Lu

The existence of edge states and zero energy modes in vortex cores is a hallmark of topologically nontrivial phases realized in various condensed matter systems such as the fractional quantum Hall states, p+ip superconductors, and Z_2…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-04-03 Masatoshi Sato , Satoshi Fujimoto

A semiconducting nanowire with strong Rashba spin-orbit coupling and coupled to a superconductor can be tuned by an external Zeeman field into a topological phase with Majorana zero modes. Here we theoretically investigate how this exotic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-23 Jorge Cayao , Pablo San-Jose , Annica Black-Schaffer , Ramón Aguado , Elsa Prada

Chiral Majorana fermion is a massless self-conjugate fermion which can arise as the edge state of certain two-dimensonal topological matters. It has been theoretically predicted and experimentally observed in a hybrid device of quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-10 Biao Lian , Xiao-Qi Sun , Abolhassan Vaezi , Xiao-Liang Qi , Shou-Cheng Zhang

Exchangeless braiding of Majorana modes is studied in minimal networks of weakly hybridized Kitaev chains of finite length using a rigorous many-body framework. In particular, for two coupled chains it is shown that exchangeless braiding is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-12 Robin Quade , Michael Potthoff

Braiding Majorana zero modes is essential for fault-tolerant topological quantum computing. Iron-based superconductors with nontrivial band topology have recently emerged as a surprisingly promising platform for creating distinct Majorana…

The presence of Majorana zero-energy modes at vortex cores in a topological superconductor implies that each vortex carries an extra entropy $s_0$, given by $(k_{B}/2)\ln 2$, that is independent of temperature. By utilizing this special…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-10-08 Chang-Yu Hou , Kirill Shtengel , Gil Refael , Paul M. Goldbart

The $4\pi$-periodic Josephson effect is an indicator of Majorana zero modes and a ground-state degeneracy which are central to topological quantum computation. However, the observability of a $4\pi$-periodic Josephson current-phase relation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-07-04 G. Tkachov

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

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

The anomalous ground state phase shift in S/AF/S Josephson junctions in the presence of the Rashba SO-coupling is predicted and numerically investigated. It is found to be a consequence of the uncompensated magnetic moment at the S/AF…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-11-19 D. S. Rabinovich , I. V. Bobkova , A. M. Bobkov

We experimentally study electron transport between two superconducting indium leads, coupled to a single WTe$_2$ crystal, which is a three-dimensional Weyl semimetal. We demonstrate Josephson current in long 5~$\mu$m In-WTe$_2$-In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-01-21 O. O. Shvetsov , A. Kononov , A. V. Timonina , N. N. Kolesnikov , E. V. Deviatov

The time dependent Schrodinger equation inclusive of curvature effects is developed for a spinless electron constrained to motion on a toroidal surface and subjected to circularly polarized and linearly polarized waves in the microwave…

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Encinosa , M. Jack

Combination of proximity-induced superconductivity and ferromagnetic exchange field in a two-dimensional square-lattice antiferromagnet with spin-orbit coupling and nonsymmorphic symmetry can induce a topological superconductor phase with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-11-09 Ma Luo

It has been proposed that band-inverted electron-hole bilayers support a phase transition from an insulating phase with spontaneously broken time-reversal symmetry to a quantum spin Hall insulator phase as a function of increasing electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-21 Tania Paul , V. Fernández Becerra , Timo Hyart

We investigate Josephson junctions with superconducting ferropnictides, both in the diffusive and ballistic limit. We focus on the proposed $s_\pm$-wave state, and find that the relative phase shift intrinsic to the $s_\pm$-wave state may…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-07-03 Jacob Linder , Iver B. Sperstad , Asle Sudbø

We investigate the Josephson effect in TNT and NTN junctions, consisting of topological (T) and normal (N) phases of semiconductor-superconductor 1D heterostructures in the presence of a Zeeman field. A key feature of our setup is that, in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-10 Panagiotis Kotetes , Alexander Shnirman , Gerd Schön

A Josephson junction may be driven through a transition where the superconducting condensate favors an odd over an even number of electrons. At this switch in the ground-state fermion parity, an Andreev bound state crosses through the Fermi…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-20 B. Tarasinski , D. Chevallier , Jimmy A. Hutasoit , B. Baxevanis , C. W. J. Beenakker

We consider a Josephson junction consisting of superconductor/ferromagnetic insulator (S/FI) bilayers as electrodes which proximizes a nearby 2D electron gas. By starting from a generic Josephson hybrid planar setup we present an exhaustive…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-07-11 P. Virtanen , F. S. Bergeret , E. Strambini , F. Giazotto , A. Braggio

We found a finite temperature glass transition in the absence of quenched disorder in frustrated Josephson junction arrays (JJA) on a square lattice with anisotropic Josephson couplings by numerical simulations. The vortexes develop zigzag…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-07-23 Hajime Yoshino , Tomoaki Nogawa , Bongsoo Kim