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We theoretically propose a phase-coherent thermal circulator based on ballistic multiterminal Josephson junctions. The breaking of time-reversal symmetry by either a magnetic flux or a superconducting phase bias allows heat to flow…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-30 Sun-Yong Hwang , Francesco Giazotto , Björn Sothmann

We study analytically a current-biased topological Josephson junction supporting $\mathbb{Z}_n$ parafermions. First, we show that in an infinite-size system a pair of parafermions on the junction can be in $n$ different states; the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-05-26 Aleksandr E. Svetogorov , Daniel Loss , Jelena Klinovaja

Remarkably, complex assemblies of superconducting wires, electrodes, and Josephson junctions are compactly described by a handful of collective phase degrees of freedom that behave like quantum particles in a potential. The inductive wires…

Motivated by the recent experimentally observed manifestations of the quantum critical point fluctuations in the thermodynamic properties of multiband superconductors, we derive a general expression for the Josephson current of various…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-08-15 Maxim Dzero , Alex Levchenko

In the classical Josephson effect the phase difference across the junction is well defined, and the supercurrent is reduced only weakly by phase diffusion. For mesoscopic junctions with small capacitance the phase undergoes large quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hermann Grabert , Gert-Ludwig Ingold

We study the Andreev bound states in a Josephson junction between a singlet and a triplet superconductors. Because of the mismatch in the spin symmetries of pairing, the energies of the spin up and down quasiparticles are generally…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-02-27 K. Sengupta , Victor M. Yakovenko

In circuit quantum electrodynamical systems, the quasiparticle-related losses in Josephson junctions are suppressed due to the gap in the superconducting density of states which is much higher than the typical energy of a microwave photon.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-08 Vasilii Vadimov , Yoshiki Sunada , Mikko Möttönen

We explore the self-sustained Josephson junction dynamics in dipolar supersolids, predicting the possibility of self-trapping alongside the experimentally observed Josephson oscillations [Biagioni, G. et al., Nature 629, 773 (2024)]. Using…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-04-30 Aitor Alaña , Michele Modugno , Pablo Capuzzi , D. M. Jezek

We demonstrate the Josephson effect in a serial double quantum dot defined in a nanowire with epitaxial superconducting leads. The supercurrent stability diagram adopts a honeycomb pattern with electron-hole and left-right reflection…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-28 J. C. Estrada Saldaña , A. Vekris , G. Steffensen , R. Žitko , P. Krogstrup , J. Paaske , K. Grove-Rasmussen , J. Nygård

We examine the appearance of a spontaneous bulk spin current in a triplet superconductor in contact with a metallic ferromagnet. The spin current results from the spin-flip of Cooper pairs upon reflection from the interface with the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-12-23 P. M. R. Brydon

We study the dynamics of a quantum superconducting circuit which consists of a Josephson charge qubit, coupled capacitively to a current biased Josephson junction. Under certain conditions, the eigenstates of the qubit and the junction…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 F. W. J. Hekking , O. Buisson , F. Balestro , M. G. Vergniory

The $4\pi$ Josephson Effect is a distinguishing feature of a topological Josephson junction. However, stringent conditions make it hard to observe in experiments. Here we numerically study the transient transport properties in a topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-02-07 Dihao Sun , Jie Liu

We formulate a fully self-consistent, microscopic model to study the retardation and correlation effects of the barrier within a Josephson junction. The junction is described by a series of planes, with electronic correlation included…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 P. Miller , J. K. Freericks

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 report conductance and supercurrent measurements for InAs single and parallel double quantum dot Josephson junctions contacted with Nb or NbTiN superconducting electrodes. Large superconducting gap energy, high critical field and large…

We theoretically study static and dynamic properties of short Josephson junctions (JJ) with singlet and triplet Josephson coupling. In singlet Josephson weak links, two singlet superconductors S are connected with each other by a normal…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-08-15 Andreas Moor , Anatoly F. Volkov

We propose a microscopic model of critical current noise in Josephson-junctions based on individual trapping-centers in the tunnel barrier hybridized with electrons in the superconducting leads. We calculate the noise exactly in the limit…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-09-19 Rogerio de Sousa , K. Birgitta Whaley , Theresa Hecht , Jan von Delft , Frank K. Wilhelm

The concept of coupled robust field induced Josephson junctions placed in complex electromagnetic environments is presented. Such structures are made by polarization of superconducting nanostructures by magnetic fields. The methodology of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-01 Krzysztof Pomorski

In this work we study by numerical methods the phase dynamics in ballistic graphene-based short Josephson junctions. The supercurrent through a graphene junction shows a non-sinusoidal phase-dependence, unlike a conventional junction ruled…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-12-09 Claudio Guarcello , Davide Valenti , Bernardo Spagnolo

The combination of an ordinary s-type superconductor with three-dimensional topological insulators creates a promising platform for fault-tolerant topological quantum computing circuits based on Majorana braiding. The backbone of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-28 Gerrit Behner , Abdur Rehman Jalil , Alina Rupp , Hans Lüth , Detlev Grützmacher , Thomas Schäpers