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Excess quasiparticles play a crucial role in superconducting quantum devices ranging from qubits to quantum sensors. In this work we analyze their dynamics for phase-biased finite-length weak links with several Andreev subgap states, where…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-06-19 Nico Ackermann , Alex Zazunov , Sunghun Park , Reinhold Egger , Alfredo Levy Yeyati

The impurity-related electron transport through a double quantum dot (QD) Aharonov-Bohm (AB) interferometer is theoretically studied, by considering impurities coupled to the QDs in the interferometer arms. When investigating the linear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-12-24 Wei-Jiang Gong , Xue-Feng Xie , Yu Han , Guo-Zhu Wei

The quantum mechanics of the Josephson effect is the core ingredient for quantum technologies with superconducting circuits. A new avenue was recently opened in this field by predicting that the Josephson quantum mechanics in the odd parity…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-02 Manuel Houzet , Julia S. Meyer , Yuli V. Nazarov

The Josephson effect describes supercurrent flowing through a junction connecting two superconducting leads by a thin barrier [1]. This current is driven by a superconducting phase difference $\phi$ between the leads. In the presence of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-07-28 D. B. Szombati , S. Nadj-Perge , D. Car , S. R. Plissard , E. P. A. M. Bakkers , L. P. Kouwenhoven

The interplay between topological protection and dissipation constitutes a critical frontier in the realization of hybrid quantum devices. Here, we investigate the transport signatures in a dissipative topological insulator-based Josephson…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-03 Ardamon Sten , Paramita Dutta , Sudeep Kumar Ghosh

Pairing of electrons is ubiquitous in electronic systems featuring attractive inter-electron interactions, as exemplified in superconductors. Counter-intuitively, it can also be mediated in certain circumstances by the repulsive Coulomb…

The quantum Hall states at filling factors $\nu=5/2$ and $7/2$ are expected to have Abelian charge $e/2$ quasiparticles and non-Abelian charge $e/4$ quasiparticles. The non-Abelian statistics of the latter has been predicted to display a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-09 R. L. Willett , K. Shtengel , C. Nayak , L. N. Pfeiffer , Y. J. Chung , M. L. Peabody , K. W. Baldwin , K. W. West , .

Recently we have proposed an unusual mechanism of superconducting current that is specific for Quantum Hall Edge channels connected to superconducting electrodes. We have shown that the supercurrent can be mediated by a nonlocal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-16 Xiao-Li Huang , Yuli V. Nazarov

Non-linear electrodynamics of a ring-shaped Andreev interferometer (superconductor-normal conductor-superconductor hybrid structure) inductively coupled to a circuit of the dissipative current is investigated. The current-voltage…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Kadigrobov

The observation of Josephson current in the quantum Hall regime has attracted considerable attention, revealing the coexistence of two seemingly incompatible phases: the quantum Hall and superconducting states. However, the mechanism…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-27 Seong Jang , Geon-Hyoung Park , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Gil-Ho Lee

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 study superconducting quantum interference in InSb flake Josephson junctions. An even-odd effect in the amplitude and periodicity of the superconducting quantum interference pattern is found. Interestingly, the occurrence of this pattern…

We theoretically study the superconducting proximity effect in a quantum dot coupled to two superconducting leads when the intradot interaction between electrons is made attractive. Because of the superconducting proximity effect, the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-12-24 Yu-Chun Hsu , Wu-Jing Chen , Chien-Te Wu

Exchange statistics are a fundamental principle of quantum mechanics, dictating the symmetry of identical particle wavefunctions and thereby enabling emergent phenomena of many-body quantum states. The exchange-induced unitary…

We demonstrate an Al superconducting quantum interference device in which the Josephson junctions are implemented through gate-controlled proximitized Cu mesoscopic weak-links. The latter behave analogously to genuine superconducting metals…

When a quantum dot is attached to a metallic reservoir and a superconducting contact Andreev processes leads to a finite subgap current at the normal lead and the creation or destruction of Cooper pairs. Andreev-reflection engines profit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-07 Gonzalo Manzano , Rosa López

We study effects of magnetic field on the energy spectrum in a superconducting quantum point contact. The supercurrent induced by the magnetic field leads to intermode transitions between the electron waves that pass and do not pass through…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 N. B. Kopnin , A. S. Mel'nikov , V. M. Vinokur

Quasi-particle interference (QPI) is a powerful tool to characterize the symmetry of the superconducting order parameter in unconventional superconductors, by mapping the spatial dependence of elastic tunneling of electrons between the tip…

Phase- and voltage bias-sensitive quasiparticle transport at a double $NIS_1IS_2$ interface is considered. The barriers $I$ range from tunnel to transparent, and the intermediate region $S_1$ has a width comparable to the superconducting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-04-16 David Gosselin , Gaston Hornecker , Régis Mélin , Denis Feinberg

We perform a systematic analysis of quantum interference in nonsequential double ionization focusing on the recollision-excitation with subsequent ionization (RESI) mechanism, employing the strong-field approximation (SFA). We find that…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-09-30 A. S. Maxwell , C. Figueira de Morisson Faria