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We present a theory of SNS junctions, a normal metal sandwiched between two superconductors, along the crossover from the BCS to the BEC regime. We calculate the Josephson current as a function of the chemical potential relative to the band…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-01-05 Gautam Rai , Arman Babakhani , Ying Wang , Stephan Haas , Stefan Kettemann

We report an observation of a new, non dissipative and non local supercurrent, carried by quartets; each consisting of four entangled electrons. The supercurrent is a result of a novel Andreev bound state (ABS), formed among three…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-11-07 Yonatan Cohen , Yuval Ronen , Jung-Hyun Kang , Moty Heiblum , Denis Feinberg , Régis Mélin , Hadas Shtrikman

Andreev reflection is investigated in layered anisotropic normal metal / superconductor (N/S) systems in the case of an energy gap \Delta in S not negligible with respect to the Fermi energy E_F, as it probably occurs with high critical…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 A. A. Golubov , F. Tafuri

We present fully self-consistent calculations of the thermodynamic properties of three-dimensional clean SNS Josephson junctions, where S is an s-wave short-coherence-length superconductor and N is a clean normal metal. The junction is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-08-31 Branislav K. Nikolic , J. K. Freericks , P. Miller

It has been proposed that band-inverted electron-hole bilayers support a phase transition from an insulating phase with spontaneously broken time-reversal symmetry to a quantum spin Hall insulator phase as a function of increasing electron…

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

For the distinction of the Andreev bound states and Majorana bound states, we study the waiting time distributions (WTDs) for heterostructures, based on one dimensional edge states of a two dimensional topological insulators (TI) in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-08-25 F. Schulz , D. Chevallier , M. Albert

We consider an annular superconductor-insulator-superconductor Josephson-junction, with the insulator being a double layer of electron and holes at Abelian fractional quantum Hall states of identical fillings. When the two superconductors…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-02 Eran Sagi , Yuval Oreg , Ady Stern , Bertrand I. Halperin

We formulate a quantum waveguide theory of the Josephson effect in multiband superconductors, with special emphasis on iron-based materials. By generalizing the boundary conditions of the scattering problem, we first determine the Andreev…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-12-09 Ciro Nappi , Francesco Romeo , Ettore Sarnelli , Roberta Citro

Superconductivity is a phenomenon where the macroscopic quantum coherence appears due to the pairing of electrons. This offers a fascinating arena to study the physics of broken gauge symmetry. However, the important symmetries in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-03-19 Yukio Tanaka , Masatoshi Sato , Naoto Nagaosa

Quasiparticle (QP) effects play a significant role in the coherence and fidelity of superconducting quantum circuits. The Andreev bound states of high transparency Josephson junctions can act as low-energy traps for QPs, providing a…

Periodic in time spin-Hall current and spin polarization induced by a dc electric bias has been calculated in a superconductor-normal 2DEG-superconductor (SNS) Josephson junction. We assumed that the band energies of electrons in the normal…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-27 A. G. Mal'shukov , C. S. Chu

When a Josephson junction is exposed to microwave radiation, it undergoes the inverse AC Josephson effect - the phase of the junction locks to the drive frequency. As a result, the I-V curves of the junction acquire "Shapiro steps" of…

Simultaneous breaking of inversion- and time-reversal symmetry in Josephson junction leads to a possible violation of the $I(\varphi)=-I(-\varphi)$ equality for the current-phase relation. This is known as anomalous Josephson effect and it…

Josephson current between two one-dimensional nanowires with proximity induced $p$-wave superconducting pairing is calculated in the presence of Rashba spin-orbit interaction, in-plane and normal magnetic fields. We show that Andreev…

A single spin in a Josephson junction can reverse the flow of the supercurrent. At mesoscopic length scales, such $\pi$-junctions are employed in various instances from finding the pairing symmetry to quantum computing. In Yu-Shiba-Rusinov…

Josephson current of spin-entangled electrons through the two branches of a SQUID-like structure with two quantum dots exhibits a magnetic-flux response different from the conventional Josephson current. Due to their interference, the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-11-15 Zhi Wang , Xiao Hu

The anomalous spatial shifts at interface scattering, first studied in geometric optics, recently found their counterparts in the electronic context. It was shown that both longitudinal and transverse shifts, analogous to the Goos-Hanchen…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-11 Zhi-Ming Yu , Ying Liu , Shengyuan A. Yang

We calculate the quantum correction to the classical conductance of a disordered mesoscopic normal-superconducting (NS) junction in which the electron spatial and spin degrees of freedom are coupled by an appreciable spin orbit interaction.…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Keith Slevin , Jean-Louis Pichard , P. A. Mello

The Josephson supercurrent in a Nb-InAs nanowire-Nb junction was studied experimentally. The nanowire goes superconducting due to the proximity effect, and can sustain a phase coherent supercurrent. An unexpected modulation of the junction…

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