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The interplay between topological protection and dissipation constitutes a critical frontier in the realization of hybrid quantum devices. Here, we investigate the transport signatures in a dissipative topological insulator-based Josephson…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-03 Ardamon Sten , Paramita Dutta , Sudeep Kumar Ghosh

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

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

A Josephson junction made of a generic magnetic material sandwiched between two conventional superconductors is studied in the ballistic semi-classic limit. The spectrum of Andreev bound states is obtained from the single-valuedness of a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-06-10 François Konschelle , F. Sebastián Bergeret , Ilya V. Tokatly

Motivated by experimental observation of the Kondo-enhanced Andreev transport [R. S. Deacon \textit{et al.}, PRB \textbf{81}, 121308(R) (2010)] in a hybrid normal metal-quantum dot-superconductor (N-QD-S) device, we theoretically study the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-10-26 Lin Li , Zhan Cao , Tie-Feng Fang , Hong-Gang Luo , Wei-Qiang Chen

The coupling of two s-wave superconductors through a small magnetic dot is discussed. Assuming that the dot charging energy is small compared to the superconducting gap, $E_c\ll \Delta$, and that the moment of the dot is classical, we…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Andersson , J. C. Cuevas , M. Fogelstrom

The Josephson effect provides a direct method to probe the strength of the pairing interaction in superconductors. By measuring the phase fluctuating Josephson current between a superconducting tip of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM)…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-05-25 Mallika T. Randeria , Benjamin E. Feldman , Ilya K. Drozdov , Ali Yazdani

We theoretically study Josephson junctions with a transition metal dichalcogenide zigzag ribbon as a weak link. We demonstrate that the spatial profile of the supercurrent carried by the edge modes determines the critical current dependence…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-20 D. Sticlet , P. Wójcik , M. P. Nowak

As charge carriers traverse a single superconductor ferromagnet interface they experience an additional spin-dependent phase angle which results in spin mixing and the formation of a bound state called the Andreev Bound State. This state is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-03-29 K. A. Yates , D. Prabhakaran , M. Egilmez , J. W. A. Robinson , L. F. Cohen

We determine the quasi-particle excitation spectrum in the normal region of a narrow ballistic superconductor--normal-metal--superconductor (SNS) Josephson contact. Increasing the effective chemical potential in the contact converts the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Nikolai M. Chtchelkatchev , Gordey B. Lesovik , Gianni Blatter

One of the best known causes of dissipation in ac driven quantum systems stems from photon absorption. Dissipation can also be caused by the retarded response to the time-dependent excitation, and in general gives insight into the system's…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-23 Bastien Dassonneville , Anil Murani , Meydi Ferrier , Sophie Guéron , Hélène Bouchiat

Non-linear charge transport in SIS Josephson junctions has a unique signature in the shuttled charge quantum between the two superconductors. In the zero-bias limit Cooper pairs, each with twice the electron charge, carry the Josephson…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-09 Yuval Ronen , Yonatan Cohen , Jung-Hyun Kang , Arbel Haim , Maria-Theresa Rieder , Moty Heiblum , Diana Mahalu , Hadas Shtrikman

Planar Josephson junctions provide a platform to host topological superconductivity which, through manipulating Majorana bound states (MBS), could enable fault-tolerant quantum computing. However, what constitutes experimental signatures of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-21 Barış Pekerten , David Brandão , Bassel Heiba Elfeky , Tong Zhou , Jong E. Han , Javad Shabani , Igor Žutić

We report conductance and supercurrent measurements for InAs single and parallel double quantum dot Josephson junctions contacted with Nb or NbTiN superconducting electrodes. Large superconducting gap energy, high critical field and large…

Wide mesoscopic superconducting - normal-metal - superconducting (S-N-S) junctions exhibit Andreev bound states which carry substantial supercurrents, even at temperatures for which the equilibrium Josephson effect is exponentially small…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-02-03 Nathan Argaman

Using standard tight-binding methods, we investigate a novel backscattering mechanism taking place on quantum spin Hall N'SNSN' Josephson junctions in the presence of time-reversal symmetry. This extended geometry allows for the interplay…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-10 Cajetan Heinz , Patrik Recher , Fernando Dominguez

We theoretically study the dephasing of an Andreev spin qubit (ASQ) due to electric and magnetic noise. Using a tight-binding model, we calculate the Andreev states formed in a Josephson junction where the link is a semiconductor with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-04 Silas Hoffman , Max Hays , Kyle Serniak , Thomas Hazard , Charles Tahan

A recently developed theory for the problem of Andreev reflection between a normal metal (N) and a multiband superconductor (MBS) assumes that the incident wave from the normal metal is coherently transmitted through several bands inside…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-14 M. A. N. Araujo , P. D. Sacramento

Conventional superconductor/insulator/superconductor (SIS) Josephson junctions, devices where two superconductors are separated by a tunnel barrier are technologically important as elements in quantum circuits, particularly with their key…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-09-19 Venkat Chandrasekhar

We consider superconducting nanowire proximity coupled to superconductor / ferromagnet / superconductor junction, where the magnetization penetrates into superconducting segment in nanowire decaying as $\sim\exp[-\frac{\mid n \mid}{\xi}]$…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-01-20 Hiromi Ebisu , Bo Lu , Katsuhisa Taguchi , Alexander A. Golubov , Yukio Tanaka