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In this letter we report on the electrical transport properties of Bi$_4$Te$_3$ in a Josephson junction geometry using superconducting Al electrodes with a Ti interdiffusion barrier. Bi$_4$Te$_3$ is proposed to be a dual topological…

Wires made of topological insulators (TI) are a promising platform for searching for Majorana bound states. These states can be probed by analyzing the fractional ac Josephson effect in Josephson junctions with the TI wire as a weak link.…

In this letter we report on proximity superconductivity induced in CdTe-HgTe core-shell nanowires, a quasi-one-dimensional heterostructure of the topological insulator HgTe. We demonstrate a Josephson supercurrent in our nanowires contacted…

The integration of semiconductor Josephson junctions (JJs) in superconducting quantum circuits provides a versatile platform for hybrid qubits and offers a powerful way to probe exotic quasiparticle excitations. Recent proposals for using…

The superconducting diode effect (SDE) has recently been observed in various systems, sparking interest in novel superconducting devices and offering a new platform to probe intrinsic material properties. Josephson junctions with strong…

Three-dimensional topological insulators (TI's) in proximity with superconductors are expected to exhibit exotic phenomena such as topological superconductivity (TSC) and Majorana bound states (MBS), which may have applications in…

The coupling of superconductivity to unconventional materials may lead to novel quantum states and potential applications. Controlling the quality of the superconductor-normal metal interface is of crucial importance to the understanding…

Nonreciprocal responses of noncentrosymmetric quantum materials attract recent intensive interests, which is essential for the rectification function in diodes. A recent breakthrough is the discovery of superconducting diode effect. The…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-12-27 Yukio Tanaka , Bo Lu , Naoto Nagaosa

Superconducting proximity junctions made of topological insulator (TI) nanoribbons (NRs) provide a useful platform for studying topological superconductivity. We report on the fabrication and measurement of Josephson junctions (JJs) using…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-01-05 Rak-Hee Kim , Nam-Hee Kim , Bongkeon Kim , Yasen Hou , Dong Yu , Yong-Joo Doh

The transport properties of a topological Josephson junction fabricated from a magnetically doped topological insulator (TI) were investigated. The conductance spectra of the Nb/Fe-Bi$_2$Te$_2$Se/Nb junction below 1 K showed an unusual…

Superconducting topological crystalline insulators (TCI) are predicted to host new topological phases protected by crystalline symmetries, but available materials are insufficiently suitable for surface studies. To induce superconductivity…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-01-08 Bryan Rachmilowitz , He Zhao , Hong Li , Alex LaFleur , J. Schneeloch , Ruidan Zhong , Genda Gu , Ilija Zeljkovic

Palladium Telluride (PdTe), a non-layered intermetallic crystalline compound, has captured attention for its unique superconducting properties and strong spin-orbit coupling. In this work, we investigate the superconducting state of PdTe…

We have studied the electron transport properties of topological insulator-related material Bi2Se3 near the superconducting Pb-Bi2Se3 interface, and found that a superconducting state is induced over an extended volume in Bi2Se3. This state…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-06-28 Fan Yang , Fanming Qu , Jie Shen , Yue Ding , Jun Chen , Zhongqing Ji , Guangtong Liu , Jie Fan , Changli Yang , Liang Fu , Li Lu

Properties of layered superconductors can vary drastically when thinned down from bulk to monolayer, owing to the reduced dimensionality and weakened interlayer coupling. In transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), the inherent symmetry…

Using the superconducting proximity effect for engineering a topological superconducting state in a topological insulator (TI) is a promising route to realize Majorana fermions. However, epitaxial growth of a superconductor on the TI…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-16 Mengmeng Bai , Fan Yang , Martina Luysberg , Junya Feng , Andrea Bliesener , Gertjan Lippertz , A. A. Taskin , Joachim Mayer , Yoichi Ando

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…

Superconducting quantum circuits provide a versatile platform for studying quantum materials by leveraging precise microwave control and utilizing the tools of circuit quantum electrodynamics (QED). Hybrid circuit devices incorporating…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-24 Sheng-Wen Huang , Ramya Suresh , Jian Liao , Botao Du , Zachary Miles , Leonid P. Rokhinson , Yong P. Chen , Ruichao Ma

The combination of superconductivity and spin-momentum locking at the interface between an s-wave superconductor and a three-dimensional topological insulator (3D-TI) is predicted to generate exotic p-wave topological superconducting phases…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-19 Abhishek Banerjee , Ananthesh Sundaresh , R. Ganesan , P. S. Anil Kumar

Topological superconductors are appealing building blocks for robust and reliable quantum information processing. Most platforms for engineering topological superconductivity rely on a combination of superconductors, materials with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-06 Ignacio Sardinero , Rubén Seoane Souto , Pablo Burset

To realize topological superconductor is one of the most attracting topics because of its great potential in quantum computation. In this study, we successfully intercalate potassium (K) into the van der Waals gap of type II Weyl semimetal…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-03-05 Li Zhu , Qi-Yuan Li , Yang-Yang Lv , Shichao Li , Xin-Yang Zhu , Zhen-Yu Jia , Y. B. Chen , Jinsheng Wen , Shao-Chun Li