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Superconductor-semiconductor hybrids are useful for realizing the Josephson diode effect, where nonreciprocity in the supercurrents occurs due to the interplay of the Josephson effect and applied magnetic fields. These junctions can host…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-10-20 Sayan Mondal , Pei-Hao Fu , Jorge Cayao

We report on the fabrication and characterization of a two-terminal mesoscopic interferometer based on three V/Cu/V Josephson junctions having nanoscale cross-section. The junctions have been arranged in a double-ring geometry realized by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-01-22 Alberto Ronzani , Carles Altimiras , Francesco Giazotto

Semiconductor-superconductor hybrid systems provide a promising platform for hosting unpaired Majorana fermions towards the realisation of fault-tolerant topological quantum computing. In this study, we employ the Keldysh Non-Equilibrium…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-05 Praveen Sriram , Sandesh S Kalantre , Kaveh Gharavi , Jonathan Baugh , Bhaskaran Muralidharan

The ends of one-dimensional p+ip superconductors have long been predicted to possess localized Majorana fermion modes. We show that Majorana end states survive beyond the strict 1D single-channel limit so long as the sample width does not…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-11-30 Andrew C. Potter , Patrick A. Lee

Topological quantum computation using non-Abelian Majorana zero modes localized in proximitized semiconductor nanowires requires careful electrostatic control of wire-junctions so as to manipulate and braid the zero modes enabling anyonic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-16 Tudor D. Stanescu , Sankar Das Sarma

Nodal topological superconductors characterized by $p_x$-wave pairing symmetry host flat-band Majorana bound states causing drastic anomalies in low-energy electromagnetic responses. Nevertheless, the study of flat-band Majorana bound…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-11-09 Daisuke Oshima , Satoshi Ikegaya , Andreas P. Schnyder , Yukio Tanaka

The non-Abelian statistics of Majorana fermions, their role in topological quantum computation, and the possibility of realizing them in condensed matter systems, has attracted considerable attention. While there have been recent reports of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-02-24 David Nozadze , Nandini Trivedi

Magnet-superconductor hybrid (MSH) systems are a key platform for custom-designed topological superconductors. Ideally, the ends of a one-dimensional MSH structure will host Majorana zero-modes (MZMs), the fundamental unit of topological…

The unambiguous identification of Majorana zero modes (MZMs) is one of the most outstanding problems of condensed matter physics. Thermal transport provides a detection tool that is sensitive to these chargeless quasiparticles. We study…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-28 Raffael L. Klees , Daniel Gresta , Jonathan Sturm , Laurens W. Molenkamp , Ewelina M. Hankiewicz

We propose a setup that integrates a quantum point contact (QPC) and a Josephson junction on a quantum spin Hall sample, experimentally realizable in InAs/GaSb quantum wells. The confinement due to both the QPC and the superconductor…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-07-27 Jian Li , Wei Pan , B. Andrei Bernevig , Roman M. Lutchyn

Multiterminal Josephson junctions are a promising platform to host synthetic topological phases of matter and Floquet states. However, the energy scales governing topological protection in these devices are on the order of the spacing…

By using the variational matrix product state method, we numerically study the interacting Kitaev chain with spatially varying periodic and quasi-periodic potentials and the latter follows the Fibonacci sequence. The edge correlation…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-07-04 Weijie Huang , Yao Yao

We present a theoretical analysis of the equilibrium Josephson current-phase relation in hybrid devices made of conventional s-wave spin-singlet superconductors (S) and topological superconductor (TS) wires featuring Majorana end states.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-10 A. Zazunov , A. Iks , M. Alvarado , A. Levy Yeyati , R. Egger

We calculate the linear conductance of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG)-based junction between a normal semiconductor section and a hybrid semiconductor-superconductor section, under perpendicular magnetic field. We consider two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-18 Llorenç Serra , Kaveh Delfanazari

Topological superconductivity supports exotic Majorana bound states (MBS) which are chargeless zero-energy emergent quasiparticles. With their non-Abelian exchange statistics and fractionalization of a single electron stored nonlocally as a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-08 Tong Zhou , Matthieu C. Dartiailh , William Mayer , Jong E. Han , Alex Matos-Abiague , Javad Shabani , Igor Zutic

Majorana fermions, exotic particles with potential applications in quantum computing, have garnered significant interest in condensed matter physics. The Kitaev model serves as a fundamental framework for investigating the emergence of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-07-02 Abhiram Soori

Two-dimensional arrays of superconductors separated by normal metallic regions exhibit rich phenomenology and a high degree of controllability. We establish such systems as platforms for topological phases of matter, and in particular…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-29 Omri Lesser , Ady Stern , Yuval Oreg

The pursuit for Majorana fermions is one of the top priorities in condensed matter physics at the moment. In this work we propose a new method of fabricating Majorana Josephson devices in systems with a weak or no spin-orbit coupling and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Teemu Ojanen

We propose a way to control the Josephson energy of a single Josephson junction embedded in one- dimensional superconducting metamaterial: an inhomogeneous superconducting loop, made out of a superconducting nanowire or a chain of Josephson…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-17 Masahiko Taguchi , Denis M. Basko , Frank W. J. Hekking

Floquet Majorana edge modes capture the topological features of periodically driven superconductors. We present a Kitaev chain with multiple time periodic driving and demonstrate how the avoidance of bands crossing is altered, which gives…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-25 Huan-Yu Wang , Lin Zhuang , W. M. Liu