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The Andreev bound states and charge transport in a Josephson junction between two superconductors with intrinsic exchange fields are studied. We find that for a parallel configuration of the exchange fields in the superconductors the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-10-26 B. Bujnowski , D. Bercioux , F. Konschelle , J. Cayssol , F. S. Bergeret

We study Andreev bound states in a long shallow normal constriction, which is open to a superconductor at both ends. The interesting features of such setup include the absence of electron-hole symmetry and the interference of electron waves…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-24 A. Lodder , Yu. V. Nazarov

Altermagnetism has emerged as a promising ingredient for realizing nontrivial Josephson phases, but so far explored in single Josephson junctions. In this work, we consider the coherent coupling of two Josephson junctions with spin-singlet…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-03-06 Sayan Mondal , Jorge Cayao

The Josephson current flowing in a junction between two superconductors is a striking manifestation of macroscopic quantum coherence, with applications in metrology and quantum information. This equilibrium current is related with the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-04 Julia S. Meyer , Manuel Houzet

We perform switching current measurements of planar Josephson junctions (JJs) coupled by a common superconducting electrode, with independent control over the two superconducting phase differences. We observe an anomalous phase shift in the…

We theoretically describe a thermoelectric effect that is entirely due to Andreev processes involving the formation of Cooper pairs through the coupling of electrons and holes. The Andreev thermoelectric effect can occur in ballistic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-01-25 Tony Savander , Shun Tamura , Christian Flindt , Yukio Tanaka , Pablo Burset

We have studied the interplay of Andreev reflection and cyclotron motion of quasiparticles at a superconductor-normal-metal interface with a strong magnetic field applied parallel to the interface. Bound states are formed due to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 H. Hoppe , U. Zuelicke , Gerd Schoen

An Andreev molecule is a system of closely spaced superconducting weak links accommodating overlapping Andreev Bound States. Recent theoretical proposals have considered one-dimensional Andreev molecules with a single conduction channel.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-12 J. -D. Pillet , V. Benzoni , J. Griesmar , J. -L. Smirr , Ç. Ö. Girit

Andreev bound states are fermionic states localized in weak links between superconductors which can be occupied with spinful quasiparticles. Microwave experiments using superconducting circuits with InAs/Al nanowire Josephson junctions have…

Hybridization is a very fundamental quantum mechanical phenomenon, with the text book example of binding two hydrogen atoms in a hydrogen molecule. In semiconductor physics, a quantum dot (QD) can be considered as an artificial atom, with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-08-01 C. Jünger , S. Lehmann , K. A. Dick , C. Thelander , C. Schönenberger , A. Baumgartner

We develop a detailed microscopic theory describing dc Josephson effect and Andreev bound states in superconducting junctions with a half-metal. In such systems the supercurrent is caused by triplet pairing states emerging due to spin-flip…

Superconductivity · Physics 2008-03-29 Artem V. Galaktionov , Mikhail S. Kalenkov , Andrei D. Zaikin

We demonstrate that the mode number of Andreev bound states in bilayer graphene Josephson junctions can be modulated by in situ control of the superconducting coherence length. By exploiting the quadratic band dispersion of bilayer…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-03 Geon-Hyoung Park , Wonjun Lee , Sein Park , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Gil Young Cho , Gil-Ho Lee

We propose that a device composed of two vertically stacked monolayer graphene Josephson junctions can be used for Cooper pair splitting. The hybridization of the Andreev bound states of the two Josephson junction can facilitate non-local…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-04-25 Eduárd Zsurka , Noel Plaszkó , Péter Rakyta , Andor Kormányos

Topological superconductors (SCs) hold great promise for fault-tolerant quantum hardware, however, their experimental realization is very challenging. Recently, superconducting artificial molecules (Andreev molecules) have opened new…

We measure the excitation spectrum of a superconducting atomic contact. In addition to the usual continuum above the superconducting gap, the single particle excitation spectrum contains discrete, spin-degenerate Andreev levels inside the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-01-07 L. Bretheau , C. O. Girit , C. Urbina , D. Esteve , H. Pothier

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 investigate the low-energy theory of a one-dimensional finite capacitance topological Josephson junction. Charge fluctuations across the junction couple to resonant microwave fields and can be used to probe microscopic excitations such…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-13 Konstantin Yavilberg , Eran Ginossar , Eytan Grosfeld

We propose a versatile setup that allows performing spin-resolved spectroscopy of helical Andreev bound states, proving their existence and therefore the topological nature of the Josephson junction that hosts them. The latter is realized…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-07 Alessio Calzona , Björn Trauzettel

Multiple systems hosting Andreev molecular states have been proposed and studied, consisting of closely spaced Josephson junctions modeled as ballistic channels. We show that replacing the ballistic channels in the weak link of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-25 Mátyás Kocsis , Zoltán Scherübl , Gergő Fülöp , Péter Makk , Szabolcs Csonka

Ferromagnetic-insulator (FI) based Josephson junctions are promising candidates for a coherent superconducting quantum bit as well as a classical superconducting logic circuit. Recently the appearance of an intriguing atomic-scale 0-pi…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-11-13 Shiro Kawabata , Yukio Tanaka , Alexander A. Golubov , Andrey S. Vasenko , Yasuhiro Asano