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Spectra and spin structures of Andreev interface states and the Josephson current are investigated theoretically in junctions between clean superconductors (SC) with ordered interlayers. The Josephson current through the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 Yuri Barash , I. V. Bobkova , Brian M. Andersen , T. Kopp , P. J. Hirschfeld

We study Andreev bound states and $\pi $-junction transition in a superconductor / quantum-dot / superconductor (S-QD-S) system by Green function method. We derive an equation to describe the Andreev bound states in S-QD-S system, and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Yu Zhu , Qing-feng Sun , Tsung-han Lin

We investigate the electronic transport properties of a superconductor-quantum dot-superconductor Josephson junction coupled to a ferromagnetic metal reservoir in the presence of an external magnetic field. The device is described by an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-05 Roberto Capecelatro , Marco Marciani , Gabriele Campagnano , Roberta Citro , Procolo Lucignano

Altermagnets provide a new route to engineer superconducting circuits without magnetic fields. We theoretically study the Andreev bound state (ABS) spectrum of a finite-width altrmagnet-based Josephson junction and show how the $d$-wave…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-28 Sakineh Vosoughi-nia , Michał P. Nowak

Josephson currents are carried by sharp Andreev states within the superconducting energy gap. We theoretically study the electronic transport of a magnetically tunable nanoscale junction consisting of a quantum dot connected to two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-04-11 P. Stadler , C. Holmqvist , W. Belzig

We propose a new platform for observing the Josephson diode effect: the Andreev molecule. This nonlocal electronic state is hosted in circuits made of two closely spaced Josephson junctions, through the hybridization of the Andreev states.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-22 J. -D. Pillet , S. Annabi , A. Peugeot , H. Riechert , E. Arrighi , J. Griesmar , L. Bretheau

We extend the circuit theory of superconductivity to cover transport and proximity effect in mesoscopic systems that contain unconventional superconductor junctions. The approach fully accounts for zero-energy Andreev bound states forming…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 Y. Tanaka , Yu. V. Nazarov , S. Kashiwaya

Inspired by recent experiments, we study a short superconducting junction of length $L\ll \xi$ (coherence length) inserted in a dc-SQUID containing an ancillary Josephson tunnel junction. We evaluate the nonequilibrium occupation of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-10-23 Raffael L. Klees , Gianluca Rastelli , Wolfgang Belzig

We present a theory describing the trapping and untrapping of quasiparticles in the Andreev bound level of a single-channel weak link between two superconductors. We calculate the rates of the transitions between even and odd occupations of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-03-06 D. G. Olivares , L. Bretheau , Ç. Ö. Girit , H. Pothier , C. Urbina , A. Levy Yeyati

We investigate the spectrum of Andreev bound states and supercurrent in a $p$-wave non-Hermitian Josephson junction (NHJJ) in one dimension. The studied NHJJ is composed of two topological $p$-wave superconductors connected by a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-24 Chang-An Li , Björn Trauzettel

The spectrum of a segment of InAs nanowire, confined between two superconducting leads, was measured as function of gate voltage and superconducting phase difference using a third normal-metal tunnel probe. Sub-gap resonances for odd…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-01-14 W. Chang , V. E. Manucharyan , T. S. Jespersen , J. Nygard , C. M. Marcus

Andreev bound states are superpositions of electrons and holes in a metal that form by coherent reflection from a superconductor. When the length of the superconductor is comparable to the superconducting coherence length, Andreev bound…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-19 Anders Enevold Dahl , Andrea Maiani , Max Geier , Javad Shabani , Karsten Flensberg

The angular momentum of an electron is characterized well by pseudospin with $J=3/2$ in the presence of strong spin-orbit interactions. We study theoretically the Josephson effect of superconductors in which such two $J=3/2$ electrons form…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-05-31 Dakyeong Kim , Shingo Kobayashi , Yasuhiro Asano

We present a microscopic theory for the current through a tunnel Josephson junction coupled to a non-linear environment, which consists of an Andreev two-level system coupled to a harmonic oscillator. It models a recent experiment…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-13 L. Bretheau , Ç. Girit , M. Houzet , H. Pothier , D. Esteve , C. Urbina

Andreev bound states (ABSs) are studied in quantum dot coupled to conventional BCS superconducting leads on the basis of effective slave boson Hamiltonian in an infinite-U (Coulomb interaction) limit followed by Green's function technique.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-21 Tanuj Chamoli , Ajay

We apply a Gutzwiller-like variational technique to study Josephson conduction across a quantum dot with an odd number of electrons connected to two superconducting leads. Our method projects out all states on the dot but the Kondo singlet…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-10 Gabriele Campagnano , Domenico Giuliano , Adele Naddeo , Arturo Tagliacozzo

A Josephson junction may be driven through a transition where the superconducting condensate favors an odd over an even number of electrons. At this switch in the ground-state fermion parity, an Andreev bound state crosses through the Fermi…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-20 B. Tarasinski , D. Chevallier , Jimmy A. Hutasoit , B. Baxevanis , C. W. J. Beenakker

We study superconducting quantum interference in InSb flake Josephson junctions. An even-odd effect in the amplitude and periodicity of the superconducting quantum interference pattern is found. Interestingly, the occurrence of this pattern…

Josephson junctions enable dissipation-less electrical current through metals and insulators below a critical current. Despite being central to quantum technology based on superconducting quantum bits and fundamental research into…

The transition-metal dichalcogenides featuring Ising spin-orbit coupling in so-called Ising superconductors offer a unique system to study the interplay of singlet and triplet superconductivity. The presence of high critical fields,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-07 Sourabh Patil , Gaomin Tang , Wolfgang Belzig