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We present a theory for the Josephson effect in an unconventional superconductor / one-dimensional electron gas / unconventional superconductor (s/o/s) junction, where the Josephson current is carried by components injected perpendicular to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 Yukio Tanaka , Takashi Hirai , Koichi Kusakabe , Satoshi Kashiwaya

We investigate analytically and numerically a Josephson junction on finite domain with two $\pi$-discontinuity points characterized by a jump of $\pi$ in the phase difference of the junction, i.e. a 0-$\pi$-0 Josephson junction. The system…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-13 Saeed Ahmad , Hadi Susanto , Jonathan A. D. Wattis

We propose a realization of the superconducting diode effect in flux biased superconducting circuits of Josephson junctions. So far the observation of the superconducting diode effect has been limited to rather exotic material platforms. In…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-12-07 Rafael Haenel , Oguzhan Can

The interplay between superconductivity and environmental dissipation, effectively captured by non-Hermitian Hamiltonian, is a new frontier for exotic quantum phases. We explore a PT-symmetric non-Hermitian superconductor with balanced gain…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-09-04 Xuezhu Liu , Ming Lu , Haiwen Liu , X. C. Xie

Exceptional points play a pivotal role in the topology of non-Hermitian systems, and significant advances have been made in classifying exceptional points and exploring the associated phenomena. Exceptional surfaces, which are hypersurfaces…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-09-08 Hongwei Jia , Ruo-Yang Zhang , Jing Hu , Yixin Xiao , Yifei Zhu , C. T. Chan

We study all the possible different two terminal configurations of Josephson junctions containing wires of time-reversal invariant topological superconductors (TRITOPS) and ordinary superconductors, including combinations with an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-27 Liliana Arrachea , Alberto Camjayi , Armando A. Aligia , Leonel Gruñeiro

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 report the results of several nonequilibrium experiments performed on superconducting/normal/superconducting (S/N/S) Josephson junctions containing either one or two extra terminals that connect to normal reservoirs. Currents injected…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. S. Crosser , Jian Huang , F. Pierre , Pauli Virtanen , Tero T. Heikkilä , F. K. Wilhelm , Norman O. Birge

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

The Josephson effects associated with quantum tunneling of Cooper pairs manifest as nonlinear relations between the superconductivity phase difference and the bias current and voltage. Many novel phenomena appear, such as Shapiro steps in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-04-21 Xiao Hu , Shi-Zeng Lin

Mesoscopic multi-terminal Josephson junctions are novel devices that provide weak coupling between several bulk superconductors through a common normal layer. Because of the nonlocal coupling of the superconducting banks, a current flow…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. H. S. Amin , A. N. Omelyanchouk , A. Blais , A. Maassen van den Brink , G. Rose , T. Duty , A. M. Zagoskin

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

Josephson junctions supply the nonlinear inductance element in superconducting qubits. In the widely used transmon configuration, where the junction is shunted by a large capacitor, the low charging energy minimizes the sensitivity of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-17 Maxwell Wisne , Yanpei Deng , Hilal Cansizoglu , Cameron Kopas , Josh Mutus , Venkat Chandrasekhar

The peculiarities of the phase dynamics of stacks of coupled Josephson junctions with topologically trivial and nontrivial barriers have been investigated numerically and their comparative analysis is carried out. The effect of coupling and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-01-25 I. R. Rahmonov , Yu. M. Shukrinov

The study of non-reciprocal phenomena has long captivated interest in both Hermitian and non-Hermitian systems. The superconducting diode effect (SDE) is a non-reciprocal phenomenon characterized by unequal critical charge supercurrents…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-08-15 Junjie Qi , Ming Lu , Jie Liu , Chui-Zhen Chen , X. C. Xie

The anomalous proximity effect in dirty superconducting junctions is one of most striking phenomena highlighting the profound nature of Majorana bound states and odd-frequency Cooper pairs in topological superconductors. Motivated by the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-11-04 Satoshi Ikegaya , Shun Tamura , Dirk Manske , Yukio Tanaka

We theoretically investigate Josephson junctions with a phase shift of $\pi$ in various proximity induced one-dimensional superconductor models. One of the salient experimental signatures of topological superconductors, namely the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-09-28 Christian Spånslätt , Eddy Ardonne , Jan Carl Budich , Thors Hans Hansson

Recent advances have attracted attention to non-standard Josephson junctions in which a supercurrent can flow despite zero phase difference between the constituent superconducting leads. Here, we propose a zero-phase-difference…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-17 A. M. Eriksson , A. Vikström

For Josephson junctions based on s-wave superconductors, time-reversal symmetry is known to allow for powerful relations between the normal-state junction properties, the excitation spectrum, and the Josephson current. Here we provide…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-10 E. A. Mellars , B. Béri

A Josephson diode is a non-reciprocal circuit element that supports a larger dissipationless supercurrent in one direction than in the other. In this work, we propose and theoretically study a class of Josephson diodes based on supercurrent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-23 Rubén Seoane Souto , Martin Leijnse , Constantin Schrade