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The equilibrium current-phase structure of a tri-terminal superconducting Josephson junction (bijunction) is analyzed as a function of the two relevant phases. The bijunction is made of two noninteracting quantum dots, each one carrying a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 D. Feinberg , T. Jonckheere , J. Rech , T. Martin , B. Douçot , R. Mélin

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

We theoretically investigate the Josephson effect between two proximized Fibonacci quasicrystals. A quasiperiodic modulation of the chemical potential on a superconducting substrate induces topological gaps and edge modes with energies…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-05-11 Ignacio Sardinero , Jorge Cayao , Keiji Yada , Yukio Tanaka , Pablo Burset

We investigate manipulation with Andreev bound states in Josephson quantum point contacts with magnetic scattering. Rabi oscillations in the two-level Andreev subsystems are excited by resonant driving the direction of magnetic moment of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Michelsen , V. S. Shumeiko , G. Wendin

A general formula for Josephson current in a wide class of hybrid junctions between different internal structures is derived on the basis of the Andreev picture. The formula extends existing formulae and also enables us to analyze novel…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-05-29 Munehiro Nishida , Noriyuki Hatakenaka , Susumu Kurihara

Detecting the phases of the superconducting order parameter is pivotal for unraveling the pairing symmetry of superconducting electrons. Conventional methods for probing these phases have focused on macroscopic interference effects, such as…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-06-02 Bo Zhan , Qiang Gao , Runze Chi , Yiwen Chen , Lin Zhao , Dingshun Lv , Xingjiang Zhou , Tao Xiang

We have made in-situ [103] and [110]YBCO/Pb junctions, which display an hysteretic behaviour with both a well-defined Quasi-Particule branch and a Josephson current. A zero energy conductance peak is observed in the tunneling conductance…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Lesueur , X. Grison , M. Aprili , T. Kontos

Currently, much effort is being put into detecting unconventional p-wave superconductivity in Josephson junctions based on topological insulators (TIs). For that purpose we propose to use superconducting Klein tunneling, i.e. the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-08-06 G. Tkachov , E. M. Hankiewicz

Non-dissipative Josephson current through nanoscale superconducting constrictions is carried by spectroscopically sharp energy states, so-called Andreev bound states. Although theoretically predicted almost 40 years ago, no direct…

Superconductivity · Physics 2008-09-15 Jonas Skoldberg , Tomas Lofwander , Vitaly S. Shumeiko , Mikael Fogelstrom

The Josephson effect describes the generic appearance of a supercurrent in a weak link between two superconductors. Its exact physical nature however deeply influences the properties of the supercurrent. Detailed studies of Josephson…

We review some recent advances in studies of phase-coherent thermoelectric effects in superconducting hybrid structures such as, e.g., Andreev interferometers. We elucidate a number of mechanisms of electron-hole symmetry breaking in such…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-02-18 Mikhail S. Kalenkov , Andrei D. Zaikin

We consider the spectrum of Andreev bound states (ABSs) in an exemplary 4-terminal superconducting structure where 4 chaotic cavities are connected by QPCs to the terminals and to each other forming a ring. Such a tunable device can be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-01-17 Tomohiro Yokoyama , Johannes Reutlinger , Wolfgang Belzig , Yuli V. Nazarov

We present a method to identify distinct tunneling modes in tunable superconducting tunnel junction composed of superconducting tip and sample in scanning tunneling microscope. Combining the measurement of the relative decay constant of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-09-22 Wonhee Ko , Eugene F. Dumitrescu , Petro Maksymovych

We propose and analyze theoretically an experimental setup for detecting the elusive Majorana particle in semiconductor-superconductor heterostructures. The experimental system consists of one-dimensional semiconductor wire with strong…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-08-16 Roman M. Lutchyn , Jay D. Sau , S. Das Sarma

Planar Josephson junctions (JJs) have emerged as a promising platform for the realization of topological superconductivity and Majorana zero modes. To obtain robust quasi one-dimensional (1D) topological superconducting states using planar…

We propose a versatile setup that allows performing spin-resolved spectroscopy of helical Andreev bound states, proving their existence and therefore the topological nature of the Josephson junction that hosts them. The latter is realized…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-07 Alessio Calzona , Björn Trauzettel

We report voltage-tuned phase transitions in arrays of hybrid semiconductor-superconductor islands arranged in a square lattice. A double-layer electrostatic gate geometry enables independent tuning of inter-island coupling and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-09 S. Sasmal , M. Efthymiou-Tsironi , G. Nagda , E. Fugl , L. L. Olsen , F. Krizek , C. M. Marcus , S. Vaitiekėnas

The s+- state in which order parameter has different signs in different bands is a leading candidate for the superconducting state in the iron based superconductors. We investigate a Josephson junction between s and s+- superconductors…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-12-17 A. E. Koshelev

The theory of Andreev conductance is formulated for junctions involving normal metals (N) and multiband superconductors (S) and applied to the case of superconductors with nodeless extended $s_{\pm}$-wave order parameter symmetry, as…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-13 A. A. Golubov , A. Brinkman , O. V. Dolgov , I. I. Mazin , Y. Tanaka

A three-terminal Josephson junction consists of three superconductors coupled coherently to a small nonsuperconducting island, such as a diffusive metal, a single or double quantum dot. A specific resonant single quantum dot three-terminal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-16 Régis Mélin , Jean-Guy Caputo , Kang Yang , Benoît Douçot