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The thermal response of proximity Josephson junctions (JJs) is governed by the temperature ($T$)-dependent occupation of Andreev bound states (ABS), making them promising candidates for sensitive thermal detection. In this study, we…

The Andreev bound state spectra of multi-terminal Josephson junctions form an artificial band structure, which is predicted to host tunable topological phases under certain conditions. However, the number of conductance modes between the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-10-11 Gino V. Graziano , Mohit Gupta , Mihir Pendharkar , Jason T. Dong , Connor P. Dempsey , Chris Palmstrøm , Vlad S. Pribiag

By coupling a semiconductor-based planar Josephson junction to a superconducting resonator, we investigate the Andreev bound states in the junction using dispersive readout techniques. Using electrostatic gating to create a narrow…

It is shown that the low energy spectrum of mesoscopic superconductors coupled by Josephson interaction can be probed by two-electron tunneling from a normal electrode. The Andreev reflection in the NS junction of a…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 F. W. J. Hekking , L. I. Glazman , Gerd Schoen

Andreev bound states trapped in a multi-terminal Josephson junction (JJ) can be assigned a synthetic band topology owing to their periodic dependence on the Josephson phase bias. We demonstrate that the BdG symmetry adds a twist to this…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-28 Aabir Mukhopadhyay , Udit Khanna , Sourin Das

Topological Josephson junctions enable nonreciprocal transport involving Majorana fermions (MFs). Here we examine a topological Josephson junction with mixed $s$+$p$-wave pairing, where topological phase transition can be driven by…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-06-23 Shu-Tong Guan , Jin An

Proximitized Ge quantum wells have emerged as a novel platform for studying Andreev bound states (ABSs), due to their expected strong spin-orbit interaction and high mobility. Here, we used microwave spectroscopy techniques to investigate…

We investigate ac Josephson effect in the resonant tunneling through mesoscopic superconducting junctions. In the presence of microwave irradiation, we show that the trajectory of multiple Andreev reflections can be closed by emitting or…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-08-03 Yu Zhu , Qing-feng Sun , Wei Li , Zhong-shui Ma , Tsung-han Lin

The Josephson current flowing in a junction between two superconductors is a striking manifestation of macroscopic quantum coherence, with applications in metrology and quantum information. This equilibrium current is related with the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-04 Julia S. Meyer , Manuel Houzet

A Josephson junction (JJ) is a key device in the development of superconducting circuits, wherein a supercurrent in the JJ is controlled by the phase difference between the two superconducting electrodes. Recently, it has been shown that…

We have examined the electrical behavior of Josephson junctions formed by a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) with a Nb sample and a Nb tip, with normal-state resistances Rn varying between 1 kOhm and 10 MOhm. Current-voltage…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-01-16 Wan-Ting Liao , S. K. Dutta , R. E. Butera , C. J. Lobb , F. C. Wellstood , M. Dreyer

We describe the proximity effect in a short disordered metallic junction between three superconducting leads. Andreev bound states in the multi-terminal junction may cross the Fermi level. We reveal that for a quasi-continuous metallic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-13 C. Padurariu , T. Jonckheere , J. Rech , R. Mélin , D. Feinberg , T. Martin , Yu. V. Nazarov

The Josephson Effect and Superconducting Proximity Effect were observed in Superconductor -Graphene-Superconductor (SGS) Josephson junctions with coherence lengths comparable to the distance between the superconducting leads. By comparing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Xu Du , Ivan Skachko , Eva Y. Andrei

We investigate the Josephson radiation emitted by a junction made of a quantum dot coupled to two conventional superconductors. Close to resonance, the particle-hole symmetric Andreev states that form in the junction are detached from the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-08-05 Baptiste Lamic , Julia S. Meyer , Manuel Houzet

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 consider a two-dimensional monolayer MoS2-based Josephson junction which is composed by an intermediate semiconductor flake and the semi-infinite topological and non-topological superconductor leads and study its quantum transport…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-07-01 Hamidreza Simchi

Andreev bound states (ABSs) are studied in quantum dot coupled to conventional BCS superconducting leads on the basis of effective slave boson Hamiltonian in an infinite-U (Coulomb interaction) limit followed by Green's function technique.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-21 Tanuj Chamoli , Ajay

We propose a phase-biased non-Hermitian Josephson junction (NHJJ) composed of two superconductors mediated by a short non-Hermitian link. Such a NHJJ is described by an effective non-Hermitian Hamiltonian derived based on the Lindblad…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-24 Chang-An Li , Hai-Peng Sun , Björn Trauzettel

We study the three terminal S-QD-S-QD-S Josephson junction biased with commensurate voltages. In the absence of an applied voltage, the Andreev bound states on each quantum dot hybridize forming an `Andreev molecule'. However, understanding…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-15 Andriani Keliri , Benoît Douçot

We investigate the low-energy theory of a one-dimensional finite capacitance topological Josephson junction. Charge fluctuations across the junction couple to resonant microwave fields and can be used to probe microscopic excitations such…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-13 Konstantin Yavilberg , Eran Ginossar , Eytan Grosfeld