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We study Josephson junctions based on second-order topological superconductors (SOTSs) which can be realized in quantum spin Hall insulators with large inverted gap in proximity to unconventional superconductors. We find that tuning the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-01-22 Song-Bo Zhang , Björn Trauzettel

We report the observation of Josephson diode effect (JDE) in hybrid devices made from semiconductor InAs nanosheets and superconductor Al contacts. By applying an in-plane magnetic field ($B_{\mathrm{xy}}$), we detect non-reciprocal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-17 Shili Yan , Yi Luo , Haitian Su , Han Gao , Xingjun Wu , Dong Pan , Jianhua Zhao , Ji-Yin Wang , Hongqi Xu

Low-capacitance Josephson junctions, where Cooper pairs tunnel coherently while Coulomb blockade effects allow the control of the total charge, provide physical realizations of quantum bits (qubits), with logical states differing by one…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yuriy Makhlin , Gerd Schoen , Alexander Shnirman

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

Superconducting flux qubits are a promising candidate for solid-state quantum computation. One of the reasons is that implementing a controlled coupling between the qubits appears to be relatively easy, if one uses tunable Josephson…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 M. J. Storcz , F. K. Wilhelm

An odd-occupied quantum dot in a Josephson junction can flip transmission phase, creating a {\pi}-junction. When the junction couples topological superconductors, no phase flip is expected. We investigate this and related effects in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-16 D. Razmadze , E. C. T. O'Farrell , P. Krogstrup , C. M. Marcus

We demonstrate an Al superconducting quantum interference device in which the Josephson junctions are implemented through gate-controlled proximitized Cu mesoscopic weak-links. The latter behave analogously to genuine superconducting metals…

We study the Josephson effect in junctions composed of two ferromagnetic insulator/diffusive superconductor bilayers separated by an insulating barrier. By computing the free energy of the system, we identify two distinct contributions: (i)…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-10-08 A. A. Mazanik , C. -H. Huang , Miguel A. Cazalilla , F. S. Bergeret

We report an experimental study on the tuning of supercurrent in a ballistic graphene-based Josephson junction by applying a control voltage to a transverse normal channel. In this four-terminal geometry, the control voltage changes the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-21 P. Pandey , D. Beckmann , R. Danneau

Superconducting protected qubits aim to achieve sufficiently low error rates so as to allow realization of error-corrected, utility-scale quantum computers. A recent proposal encodes a protected qubit in the quasicharge degree of freedom of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-09 Nicholas M. Christopher , Deniz E. Stiegemann , Abhijeet Alase , Thomas M. Stace

We propose and theoretically investigate spin superconducting qubits. Spin superconducting qubit consists of a single spin confined in a Josephson junction. We show that owing to spin-orbit interaction, superconducting difference across the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-12-07 C. Padurariu , Yu. V. Nazarov

We theoretically study the Josephson effect in a superconductor/normal metal/superconductor ({\it S}/{\it N}/{\it S}) Josephson junction composed of $s$-wave {\it S}s with {\it N} which is sandwiched by two ferromagnetic insulators ({\it…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-08-06 Shin-ichi Hikino , Seiji Yunoki

We present a new style of fluxonium qubit, gatemonium, based on an all superconductorsemiconductor hybrid platform. The linear inductance is achieved using six hundred planar Al-InAs Josephson junctions (JJs) in series. By tuning the single…

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…

As part of the intense effort towards identifying platforms in which Majorana bound states can be realized and manipulated to perform qubit operations, we propose a topological Josephson junction architecture that achieves these…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-03 Suraj S. Hegde , Guang Yue , Yuxuan Wang , Erik Huemiller , D. J. Van Harlingen , Smitha Vishveshwara

Recent studies have shown that the critical currents of several metallic superconducting nanowires and Dayem bridges can be locally tuned using a gate voltage {V_g}. Here, we report a gate-tunable Josephson junction structure constructed…

Planar Josephson junctions (JJs), based on common superconductors and III-V semiconductors, are sought for Majorana states and fault-tolerant quantum computing. However, with gate-tunable spin-orbit coupling (SOC), we show that the range of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-07-03 David Monroe , Chenghao Shen , Dario Tringali , Mohammad Alidoust , Tong Zhou , Igor Žutić

An array of resistively and capacitively shunted Josephson junctions with nonsinusoidal current-phase relation is considered for modelling the transition in high-T$_c$ superconductors. The emergence of higher harmonics, besides the simple…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-01-04 A. Carbone , M. Gilli , P. Mazzetti , L. Ponta

Multiple systems hosting Andreev molecular states have been proposed and studied, consisting of closely spaced Josephson junctions modeled as ballistic channels. We show that replacing the ballistic channels in the weak link of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-25 Mátyás Kocsis , Zoltán Scherübl , Gergő Fülöp , Péter Makk , Szabolcs Csonka

Josephson junctions are essential devices in superconducting electronics and quantum computing hardware. Here we predict electrical control of the supercurrent in composite superconductor-insulator-ferroelectric-insulator-superconductor…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-05-08 Yaozu Tang , Mazhar N. Ali , Gerrit E. W. Bauer , Yaroslav M. Blanter