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We study Josephson current between s-wave/spin-triplet superconductor junctions by taking into account details of band structures in Sr$_{2}$RuO$_{4}$ such as three conduction bands, spin-orbit interaction in the bulk and that at the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-05-31 Kohei Kawai , Keiji Yada , Yukio Tanaka , Yasuhiro Asano , A. A. Golubov , Satoshi Kashiwaya

In Josephson diodes the asymmetry between positive and negative current branch of the current-phase relation leads to a polarity-dependent critical current and Josephson inductance. The supercurrent nonreciprocity can be described as a…

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

The rise of topological phases of matter is strongly connected to their potential to host Majorana bound states, a powerful ingredient in the search for a robust, topologically protected, quantum information processing. In order to produce…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-10 Erwann Bocquillon , Jonas Wiedenmann , Russell S. Deacon , Teunis M. Klapwijk , Hartmut Buhmann , Laurens W. Molenkamp

In superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs), the superconducting diode effect may be generated by interference of multiple harmonic components in the current-phase relationships (CPRs) of different branches forming SQUID loops.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-04-16 Wyatt Gibbons , Teng Zhang , Kevin Barrow , Tyler Lindemann , Jukka I. Väyrynen , Michael J. Manfra

The ac Josephson effect in a ferromagnetic Josephson junction, which is composed of two superconductors separated by a ferromagnetic metal (FM), is studied by a tunneling Hamiltonian and Green's function method. We obtain two types of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Hikino , M. Mori , S. Takahashi , S. Maekawa

Superconducting diodes, characterized by nonreciprocal supercurrent transport, offer transformative opportunities for ultra-low-power circuits. However, achieving reliable operation at temperatures above liquid nitrogen remains a major…

Quasiparticle poisoning and diabatic transitions may significantly narrow the window for the experimental observation of the $4\pi$-periodic $dc$ Josephson effect predicted for topological Josephson junctions. Here, we show that switching…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-17 Yang Peng , Falko Pientka , Erez Berg , Yuval Oreg , Felix von Oppen

We study junctions between superconductors mediated by the edge states of a quantum spin Hall insulator. We show that such junctions exhibit a fractional Josephson effect, in which the current phase relation has a 4\pi, rather than a 2\pi…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Liang Fu , C. L. Kane

Altermagnets (AMs) are an exotic class of antiferromagnet that exhibit spin-splitting even at the absence of net global magnetization and spin-orbit coupling (SOC) effects. In this work, we investigated theoretically, the supercurrent…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-04-02 Arindam Boruah , Saumen Acharjee , Prasanta Kumar Saikia

We investigate nonreciprocal supercurrent phenomena in superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) that integrate Josephson junctions with single and multiband order parameters, which may exhibit time-reversal symmetry breaking.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-01-30 Yuriy Yerin , Stefan-Ludwig Drechsler , A. A. Varlamov , Francesco Giazotto , Mario Cuoco

We report transport measurements on Josephson junctions consisting of Bi2Te3 topological insulator (TI) thin films contacted by superconducting Nb electrodes. For a device with junction length L = 134 nm, the critical supercurrent Ic can be…

We study the influence of external electric and Zeeman fields on the Josephson effect in a planar superconductor/altermagnet/superconductor junction. Remarkably, we find that the current-phase relation (CPR) can be forward or backward…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-04-09 Hai-Peng Sun , Song-Bo Zhang , Chang-An Li , Björn Trauzettel

A Josephson diode is a non-reciprocal circuit element that supports a larger dissipationless supercurrent in one direction than in the other. In this work, we propose and theoretically study a class of Josephson diodes based on supercurrent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-23 Rubén Seoane Souto , Martin Leijnse , Constantin Schrade

We propose a method to realize a $\phi$ Josephson junction by combining alternating 0 and $\pi$ parts (sub junctions) with an intrinsically non-sinusoidal current-phase relation (CPR). Conditions for the realization of the $\phi$ ground…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-03-16 N. G. Pugach , E. Goldobin , R. Kleiner , D. Koelle

Coupling the surface state of a topological insulator (TI) to an s-wave superconductor is predicted to produce the long-sought Majorana quasiparticle excitations. However, superconductivity has not been measured in surface states when the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Sungjae Cho , Brian Dellabetta , Alina Yang , John Schneeloch , Zhijun Xu , Tonica Valla , Genda Gu , Matthew J. Gilbert , Nadya Mason

Recently, a quantum anomalous Hall insulator (QAHI)/superconductor heterostructure has been realized and shows half-quantized conductance plateaus in two-terminal conductance measurements [Q. L. He \textit{et al.}, Science {\bf357}, 294…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-11-07 Chui-Zhen Chen , James Jun He , Dong-Hui Xu , K. T. Law

Hybrid superconductor-semiconductor systems with large spin-orbit coupling are important platforms for realizing topological or triplet superconductivity. Planar Josephson junctions made using these materials are predicted to enter the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-31 S. R. Mudi , S. Anupam , V. Mourik , S. M. Frolov

We investigate HgTe/Nb-based three-terminal Josephson junctions in T-shaped and X-shaped geometries and their critical current contours (CCCs). By decomposing the CCCs into the contributions from individual junctions, we uncover how bias…

The Josephson diode (JD) is a non-reciprocal circuit element that supports a larger critical current in one direction compared to the other. This effect has gained a growing interest because of promising applications in superconducting…