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We study the behavior of a topological Josephson junction in which two topological superconductors are coupled through a quantum dot. We focus on the case with the bulk superconducting gap being the largest energy scale. Two parameter…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-05-11 Yu-Li Lee , Yu-Wen Lee

We study theoretically the Josephson effect in junctions based on unconventional superconductors with diffusive barriers, using the quasiclassical Green's function formalism. Generalized boundary conditions at junction interfaces applicable…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 T. Yokoyama , Y. Tanaka , A. A. Golubov

We demonstrate that the subgap Andreev bound states in a transparent Josephson junction, comprising of either chiral or non-chiral superconductors, can be viewed as a consequence of the index theorem in supersymmetric quantum mechanics. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-09 Sinchan Ghosh , Srinjoy Ghosh , Arijit Kundu , K. Sengupta

Quasiparticle bound states are found theoretically on transparent interfaces of d-wave superconductors (dSC) with charge density wave solids (CDW), as well as s-wave superconductors (sSC) with d-density waves (DDW). These bound states…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 I. V. Bobkova , Yu. S. Barash

We demonstrate how the boundary-driven reconstruction of the superconducting order parameter can be employed to manipulate the zero-energy Majorana bound states (MBSs) occurring in a topological Josephson junction. We focus on an interface…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-09-23 Maria Teresa Mercaldo , Panagiotis Kotetes , Mario Cuoco

Using the extraordinary sensitivity of Andreev interferometers to the superconducting phase difference associated with currents, we measure the persistent current quantum states in superconducting loops interrupted by Josephson junctions.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 V. T. Petrashov , K. G. Chua , K. M. Marshall , R. Sh. Shaikhaidarov , J. T. Nicholls

Conductance of metallic heterostructures can be controlled by applying a gate voltage to a region in the transport channel. For sufficiently long phase coherent channels, oscillations appear in conductance versus chemical potential plot,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-08-28 Sushil Kumar Sahu , Abhiram Soori

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

Andreev bound states trapped in a multi-terminal Josephson junction (JJ) can be assigned a synthetic band topology owing to their periodic dependence on the Josephson phase bias. We demonstrate that the BdG symmetry adds a twist to this…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-28 Aabir Mukhopadhyay , Udit Khanna , Sourin Das

We study the Josephson effects arising in junctions made of non-centrosymmetric superconductors with spin-triplet pairing having $s$-wave orbital-singlet symmetry. We demonstrate that the orbital dependent character of the spin-triplet…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-06-21 Yuri Fukaya , Yukio Tanaka , Paola Gentile , Keiji Yada , Mario Cuoco

The phase-dependent bound states (Andreev levels) of a Josephson junction can cross at the Fermi level, if the superconducting ground state switches between even and odd fermion parity. The level crossing is topologically protected, in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-07-23 C. W. J. Beenakker , J. M. Edge , J. P. Dahlhaus , D. I. Pikulin , Shuo Mi , M. Wimmer

We study the low temperature thermodynamic properties of a superconducting double-island qubit. For an odd number of electrons in the device, the ground state corresponds to the intrinsic quasiparticle bound to the tunneling contact. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-07-19 D. A. Pesin , A. V. Andreev

The charge transport has been analyzed theoretically across a T-shaped and series-configured double quantum dots Josephson junction by implementing the Slave Boson mean field approximation at an infinite-U limit. It has been shown that…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-08-21 Bhupendra Kumar , Sachin Verma , Tanuj Chamoli , Ajay

The interplay between novel topological states and superconductivity has garnered substantial interest due to its potential for topological quantum computing. The Josephson effect serves as a useful probe for edge superconductivity in these…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-11-12 Junjie Qi , Chui-Zhen Chen , Juntao Song , Jie Liu , Ke He , Qing-Feng Sun , X. C. Xie

Paired state of nonstandard quasiparticles is analyzed in detail in two model situations. Namely, we consider the Cooper-pair bound state and the condensed phase of an almost localized Fermi liquid (ALFL) composed of quasiparticles in a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2010-01-28 Jan Kaczmarczyk , Jozef Spalek

Josephson junctions defined in strong spin orbit semiconductors are highly interesting for the search for topological systems. However, next to topological edge states that emerge in a sufficient magnetic field, trivial edge states can also…

Josephson junctions with topological insulator weak links can host low energy Andreev bound states giving rise to a current phase relation that deviates from sinusoidal behaviour. Of particular interest are zero energy Majorana bound states…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-02 C. Kurter , A. D. K. Finck , Y. S. Hor , D. J. Van Harlingen

Graphene-based Josephson junctions provide a novel platform for studying the proximity effect due to graphene's unique electronic spectrum and the possibility to tune junction properties by gate voltage. Here we describe graphene junctions…

Symmetry properties of the order parameter are among the most fundamental characteristics of a superconductor. The pairing symmetry of recently discovered heavy fermion superconductor UTe2 featuring an exceedingly large upper critical field…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-19 Zixuan Li , Camilla M. Moir , Nathan J. McKee , Eric Lee-Wong , Ryan E. Baumbach , M. Brian Maple , Ying Liu

We study the key features of the Josephson transport through a curved semiconducting nanowire. Based on numerical simulations and analytical estimates within the framework of the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations we find the ground-state phase…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-05 A. A. Kopasov , A. G. Kutlin , A. S. Mel'nikov