English
Related papers

Related papers: Hard superconducting gap in germanium

200 papers

Quantum spin Hall-superconductor hybrids are promising sources of topological superconductivity and Majorana modes, particularly given recent progress on HgTe and InAs/GaSb. We propose a new method of revealing topological superconductivity…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-11-11 Shu-Ping Lee , Karen Michaeli , Jason Alicea , Amir Yacoby

Multi-terminal superconducting Josephson junctions based on the proximity effect offer the bright opportunity to tailor non trivial quantum states in nanoscale weak-links. These structures can realize exotic topologies in multidimensions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-09 E. Strambini , S. D'Ambrosio , F. Vischi , F. S. Bergeret , Yu. V. Nazarov , F. Giazotto

We introduce a hybrid qubit based on a semiconductor nanowire with an epitaxially grown superconductor layer. Josephson energy of the transmon-like device ("gatemon") is controlled by an electrostatic gate that depletes carriers in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-22 T. W. Larsen , K. D. Petersson , F. Kuemmeth , T. S. Jespersen , P. Krogstrup , J. Nygard , C. M. Marcus

Superinductances are superconducting circuit elements that combine a large inductance with a low parasitic capacitance to ground, resulting in a characteristic impedance exceeding the resistance quantum $R_Q = h/(2e)^2 \simeq 6.45…

Quantum bits (qubits) are at the heart of quantum information processing schemes. Currently, solid-state qubits, and in particular the superconducting ones, seem to satisfy the requirements for being the building blocks of viable quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-07-19 Z. Ivic , N. Lazarides , G. P. Tsironis

We propose a hybrid quantum device based on the graphene Josephson junctions, where the vibrational degrees of freedom of a graphene membrane couple to the superconducting circuits. The flexural mode-controlled tunneling of the Cooper pairs…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Zhen-Yang Peng , Mehdi Abdi

Two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) coupled to superconductors offer the opportunity to explore a variety of quantum phenomena. These include the study of novel Josephson effects, superconducting correlations in quantum (spin) Hall…

Hybrid Superconductor-Semiconductor (S-Sm) materials systems are promising candidates for quantum computing applications. Their integration into superconducting electronics has enabled on-demand voltage tunability at millikelvin…

Superconductor/semiconductor-nanowire hybrid structures can serve as versatile building blocks to realize Majorana circuits or superconducting qubits based on quantized levels such as Andreev qubits. For all these applications it is…

Superinductors have become a crucial component in the superconducting circuit toolbox, playing a key role in the development of more robust qubits. Enhancing the performance of these devices can be achieved by suspending the superinductors…

When two superconductors are connected across a ferromagnet, the spin configuration of the transferred Cooper pairs can be modulated due to magnetic exchange interaction. The resulting supercurrent can reverse its sign across the Josephson…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-01 H. Idzuchi , F. Pientka , K. -F. Huang , K. Harada , Ö. Gül , Y. J. Shin , L. T. Nguyen , N. H. Jo , D. Shindo , R. J. Cava , P. C. Canfield , P. Kim

We have studied a near-surface two-dimensional electron gas based on an InAs quantum well on a GaAs substrate. In devices without a dielectric layer we estimated large electron mobilities on the order of $10^5$ cm$^2$/Vs. We have observed…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-20 Máté Sütő , Tamás Prok , Péter Makk , Magdhi Kirti , Giorgio Biasiol , Szabolcs Csonka , Endre Tóvári

For a variety of superconducting qubits, tunable interactions are achieved through mutual inductive coupling to a coupler circuit containing a nonlinear Josephson element. In this paper we derive the general interaction mediated by such a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-07-06 Dvir Kafri , Chris Quintana , Yu Chen , Alireza Shabani , John M. Martinis , Hartmut Neven

Many proposals in exploring topological quantum computation are based on superconducting quantum devices constructed on materials with strong spin-orbit coupling (SOC). For these devices, a full control on both the magnitude and the spatial…

We study the low-energy physics of planar Josephson junction structures realized in a quasi-two dimensional semiconductor system proximity-coupled to narrow superconducting films. Using both a recursive Green's function approach and an…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-01-27 Purna P. Paudel , Javad Shabani , Tudor D. Stanescu

More and more materials, with a growing variety of properties, are built into electronic devices. This is motivated both by increased device performance and by the studies of materials themselves. An important type of device is a Josephson…

The Josephson junction is typically tuned by a magnetic field or electrostatic gates to realize a superconducting transistor, which manipulates the supercurrent in integrated superconducting circuits. However, this tunable method does not…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-27 Guo-Jian Qiao , Zhi-Lei Zhang , Sheng-Wen Li , C. P. Sun

Facilitated by recent advances in strained Ge/SiGe quantum well (QW) growth technology, superconductor-semiconductor hybrid devices based on group IV materials have been developed, potentially augmenting the functionality of quantum…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-09-18 Hao Li , Zhongxia Shang , Michael P. Lilly , Maksym Myronov , Leonid P. Rokhinson

Hole spins confined in semiconductor quantum dot systems have gained considerable interest for their strong spin-orbit interactions (SOIs) and relatively weak hyperfine interactions. Here we experimentally demonstrate a tunable SOI in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-06-09 He Liu , Ting Zhang , Ke Wang , Fei Gao , Gang Xu , Xin Zhang , Shu-Xiao Li , Gang Cao , Ting Wang , Jianjun Zhang , Xuedong Hu , Hai-Ou Li , Guo-Ping Guo

InSb nanoflags represent an interesting platform for quantum transport and have recently been exploited in the study of hybrid planar Josephson junctions. Due to the uncovered semiconductor surface, they are also good candidates for surface…