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The Coulomb drag effect has been observed as a tiny current induced by both electron-hole asymmetry and interactions in normal coupled quantum dot devices. In the present work we show that the effect can be boosted by replacing one of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-12 S. Mojtaba Tabatabaei , David Sanchez , Alfredo Levy Yeyati , Rafael Sanchez

We introduce a tunable synthetic-dimension platform for realizing Kitaev-chain physics with high degree of control over Majorana zero modes. It is based on a generic Landau-quantized two dimensional electron system coupled to the magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-07 Adel Ali , Alexey Belyanin

Topological superconductors (TSCs) in superconducting hybrid heterostructures, which integrate superconducting and non-superconducting materials, have been intensely investigated with the hope of discovering exotic non-Abelian anyons for…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-04-14 Joseph J. Cuozzo , Sayed Ali Akbar Ghorashi , Dale Huber , Wei Pan , François Léonard

We report a gate-controlled transition of a semimetallic InAs/GaSb heterostructure to a topological insulator. The transition is induced by decreasing the degree of band inversion with front and back gate voltages. Temperature dependence of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-10-31 Kyoichi Suzuki , Yuichi Harada , Koji Onomitsu , Koji Muraki

We show that partially separated Andreev bound states (ps-ABSs), comprised of pairs of overlapping Majorana bound states (MBSs) emerging in quantum dot-semiconductor-superconductor heterostructures, produce robust zero bias conductance…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-24 C. Moore , Chuanchang Zeng , T. D. Stanescu , Sumanta Tewari

We investigate superconducting proximity effect in clean ferromagnetic layers with rough boundaries. The subgap density of states is formed by Andreev bound states at energies which depend on trajectory length and the ferromagnetic exchange…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Zareyan , W. Belzig , Yu. V. Nazarov

The Andreev bound state spectra of multi-terminal Josephson junctions form an artificial band structure, which is predicted to host tunable topological phases under certain conditions. However, the number of conductance modes between the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-10-11 Gino V. Graziano , Mohit Gupta , Mihir Pendharkar , Jason T. Dong , Connor P. Dempsey , Chris Palmstrøm , Vlad S. Pribiag

We study the emergent band topology of subgap Andreev bound states in the three-terminal Josephson junctions. We scrutinize the symmetry constraints of the scattering matrix in the normal region connecting superconducting leads that enable…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-01 Hong-Yi Xie , Maxim G. Vavilov , Alex Levchenko

Topological insulators (TIs) have attracted immense interest because they host helical surface states. Protected by time-reversal symmetry, they are robust to non-magnetic disorder. When superconductivity is induced in these helical states,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-11-06 A. D. K. Finck , C. Kurter , Y. S. Hor , D. J. Van Harlingen

The formation of a topological superconducting phase in a quantum-dot-based Kitaev chain requires nearest neighbor crossed Andreev reflection and elastic co-tunneling. Here we report on a hybrid InSb nanowire in a three-site Kitaev chain…

We investigate zero-bias conductance peaks that arise from coalescing subgap Andreev states, consistent with emerging Majorana zero modes, in hybrid semiconductor-superconductor wires defined in a two-dimensional InAs/Al heterostructure…

We investigate superconducting quantum interference devices consisting of two highly transmissive Josephson junctions coupled by a superconducting loop, all defined in an epitaxial InAs/Al heterostructure. A novel device design allows for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-16 F. Nichele , E. Portolés , A. Fornieri , A. M. Whiticar , A. C. C. Drachmann , T. Wang , G. C. Gardner , C. Thomas , A. T. Hatke , M. J. Manfra , C. M. Marcus

We analyze Andreev bound states (ABSs) that form in normal sections of a Rashba nanowire that is only partially covered by a superconducting layer. These ABSs are localized close to the ends of the superconducting section and can be pinned…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-11 Richard Hess , Henry F. Legg , Daniel Loss , Jelena Klinovaja

We study the Andreev levels, supercurrent and tunnelling conductance in a clean Ising superconductor (ISC)/half metal (HM)/Ising superconductor (ISC) Josephson junction with spin-active interfaces using Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations. We…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-03-08 Saumen Acharjee , Arindam Boruah , Nimisha Dutta , Reeta Devi

We show that a pair of overlapping Majorana bound states (MBSs) forming a partially-separated Andreev bound state (ps-ABS) represents a generic low-energy feature in spin-orbit coupled semiconductor-superconductor (SM-SC) hybrid nanowires…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-13 Christopher Moore , Tudor D. Stanescu , Sumanta Tewari

In recent years, various classes of systems were proposed to realize topological states of matter. One of them are multiterminal Josephson junctions where topological Andreev bound states are constructed in the synthetic space of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-29 Lev Teshler , Hannes Weisbrich , Jonathan Sturm , Raffael L. Klees , Gianluca Rastelli , Wolfgang Belzig

We report electron transport measurements of a silicon double dot formed in multi-gated metal-oxide-semiconductor structures with a 15-nm-thick silicon-on-insulator layer. Tunable tunnel coupling enables us to observe an excitation spectrum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 H. W. Liu , T. Fujisawa , H. Inokawa , Y. Ono , A. Fujiwara , Y. Hirayama

Spin qubits in semiconductors are currently one of the most promising architectures for quantum computing. However, they face challenges in realizing multi-qubit interactions over extended distances. Superconducting spin qubits provide a…

Hybrid two-dimensional electron gas-superconductor (2DEG-S) structures in a quantized magnetic field offer a promising platform for realizing new topological phases. While recent experiments reveal chiral Andreev edge states, their charge…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-11 M. V. Parfenov , V. S. Khrapai , I. S. Burmistrov

The ability to tune material properties using gate electric field is at the heart of modern electronic technology. It is also a driving force behind recent advances in two-dimensional systems, such as gate-electric-field induced…