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We consider the effect of spin-orbit coupling on the energy levels of a single-channel Josephson junction below the superconducting gap. We investigate quantitatively the level splitting arising from the combined effect of spin-orbit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-01-14 B. Béri , J. H. Bardarson , C. W. J. Beenakker

We propose that unconventional Josephson effects can typically emerge in {\it PT}-symmetric antiferromagnetic (AFM) bilayer systems. When proximitized by a conventional superconductor, these heterostructures host dominant interlayer Cooper…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-01-28 Jin-Xin Hu , Mengli Hu , Ying-Ming Xie , K. T. Law

In the recent years it has been possible to achieve diode-like, non-reciprocal current-voltage response in Josephson junctions, despite the intrinsic symmetry of the Josephson effect itself. This is typically achieved by incorporating…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-05-19 Debashree Nayak , Dimple Rani , Prasanjit Samal , Kartik Senapati

Josephson weak links made of two-dimensional topological insulators (TIs) exhibit magnetic oscillations of the supercurrent that are reminiscent of those in superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs). We propose a microscopic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-13 G. Tkachov , P. Burset , B. Trauzettel , E. M. Hankiewicz

Junctions and interfaces consisting of unconventional superconductors provide an excellent experimental playground to study exotic phenomena related to the phase of the order parameter. Not only the complex structure of unconventional order…

We study Andreev bound state (ABS) and surface density of state (SDOS) of non-centrosymmetric superconductor where spin-singlet $d$-wave pairing mixes with spin-triplet $p$ (or $f)$-wave one by spin-orbit coupling. For $d_{xy} + p$-wave…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-07-05 Keiji Yada , Masatoshi Sato , Yukio Tanaka , Takehito Yokoyama

We report new measurements on sup-gap energy structure originating from multiple Andreev reflections in mesoscopic SNS junctions. The junctions were fabricated in a planar geometry with high transparency superconducting contacts of Al…

We study the Josephson effect in a quantum spin Hall system coupled to a localized magnetic impurity. As a consequence of the fermion parity anomaly, the spin of the combined system of impurity and spin-Hall edge alternates between…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-28 Yang Peng , Yuval Vinkler-Aviv , Piet W. Brouwer , Leonid I. Glazman , Felix von Oppen

While Andreev bound states (ABSs) have been realized in engineered superconducting junctions, their direct observation in normal metal/superconductor heterostructures-enabled by quantum confinement-remains experimentally elusive. Here, we…

In the seminal proposal by Fu and Kane, the superconducting proximity effect is used to realize topological superconductivity in the topological surface state (TSS) of a 3D topological insulator (TI). In a line Josephson junction made on…

We study superconductor-barrier-superconductor (S-B-S) Josephson junctions constructed out of two-dimensional and three-dimensional triple-point semimetals, which feature a threefold degeneracy at a single nodal point. We assume a weak and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-07-11 Ipsita Mandal

Josephson junctions (JJs) in the presence of a magnetic field exhibit qualitatively different interference patterns depending on the spatial distribution of the supercurrent through the junction. In JJs based on two-dimensional topological…

The observation of Josephson current in the quantum Hall regime has attracted considerable attention, revealing the coexistence of two seemingly incompatible phases: the quantum Hall and superconducting states. However, the mechanism…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-27 Seong Jang , Geon-Hyoung Park , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Gil-Ho Lee

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

It is argued that recent Josephson junction and point-contact tunneling experiments, interpreted as intended by their authors, indicate that time-reversal symmetry breaking occurs at surfaces of cuprate superconductors. The variation among…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 R. B. Laughlin

The band-inverted electron-hole bilayers, such as InAs/GaSb, are an interesting playground for the interplay of quantum spin Hall effect and correlation effects because of the small density of electrons and holes and the relatively small…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-21 Tania Paul , V. Fernández Becerra , Timo Hyart

Hybrid multiterminal Josephson junctions (JJs) are expected to harbor a novel class of Andreev bound states (ABSs), including topologically nontrivial states in four-terminal devices. In these systems, topological phases emerge when ABSs…

Hybrid superconductor-semiconducting nanowire devices provide an ideal platform to investigating novel intragap bound states, such as the Andreev bound states (ABSs), Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) states, and the Majorana bound states. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-01-25 S. Li , N. Kang , P. Caroff , H. Q. Xu

Establishment of phase-coherence and a non-dissipative (super)current between two weakly coupled superconductors, known as the Josephson effect, plays a foundational role in basic physics and applications to metrology, precision sensing,…

We study theoretically the electronic entropy and specific heat in diffusive superconductor-normal metal-superconductor (SNS) Josephson junctions. In particular, we consider the influence of non-idealities occurring in an actual experiment,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-05-03 H. Rabani , F. Taddei , F. Giazotto , R. Fazio