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In this study, we explore the Josephson current-phase relation within a planar diffuse tunneling superconducting multilayer junction subjected to a parallel magnetic field. Our investigation involves computing the supercurrent associated…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-06-19 A. S. Osin , Alex Levchenko , Maxim Khodas

We examine how an anomalous Josephson current influences odd-frequency superconducting correlations in two distinct Josephson junction geometries. The first configuration consists of two ferromagnetic layers sandwiched between conventional…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-10-21 Subhajit Pal , Colin Benjamin

The recent discovery of intrinsic supercurrent diode effect, and its prompt observation in a rich variety of systems, has shown that nonreciprocal supercurrents naturally emerge when both space- and time-inversion symmetries are broken. In…

We study Josephson junctions made of semiconducting nanowires with Rashba spin-orbit coupling, where superconducting correlations are induced by the proximity effect. In the presence of a suitably directed magnetic field, the system…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-05-10 Konstantin N. Nesterov , Manuel Houzet , Julia S. Meyer

We derive a microscopic effective action for superconducting contacts with arbitrary transmission distribution of conducting channels. Provided fluctuations of the Josephson phase remain sufficiently small our formalism allows to fully…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-18 A. V. Galaktionov , A. D. Zaikin

We study the Josephson effect between chiral p-wave superconductor / diffusive normal metal (DN) / chiral p-wave superconductor (CP/DN/CP) junctions using quasiclassical Green's function formalism with proper boundary conditions. The…

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

A formula for the Josephson current between two superconductors with anisotropic pairing symmetries is derived based on the mean-field theory of superconductivity. Zero-energy states formed at the junction interfaces is one of basic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 Yasuhiro Asano

Wires made of topological insulators (TI) are a promising platform for searching for Majorana bound states. These states can be probed by analyzing the fractional ac Josephson effect in Josephson junctions with the TI wire as a weak link.…

It is known that the low-energy physics of the Josephson effect in the presence of Majorana zero modes exhibits a $4\pi$ periodicity as the Aharonov-Bohm flux varies in contrast to the $2\pi$ Josephson periodicity in usual superconducting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-05 Ching-Kai Chiu , S. Das Sarma

The DC Josephson effect is the flow of supercurrent across a weak link between two superconductors with a different value of their order parameter, the phase. We generalize this notion to any kind of spontaneous continuous symmetry…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-08-04 Aron J. Beekman

The ac Josephson effect in hybrid systems of a normal mesoscopic conductor coupled to two superconducting (S) leads is investigated theoretically. A general formula of the ac components of time-dependent current is derived which is valid…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Qing-feng Sun , Hong Guo , Jian Wang

By measuring the Josephson emission of a diffusive Superconductor-Normal metal-Superconductor (SNS) junction at a finite temperature we reveal a non-trivial sensitivity of the supercurrent to microwave irradiation. We demonstrate that the…

The magnetic field effect in the Josephson tunneling between two d-wave superconductors are investigated. When the crystal orientation of one (or each) superconductor relative to the interface normal is such that midgap states exist at the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 X. -Z. Yan , C. -R. Hu

The Josephson effect describes the flow of supercurrent in a weak link, such as a tunnel junction, nanowire, or molecule, between two superconductors. It is the basis for a variety of circuits and devices, with applications ranging from…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-07-23 L. Bretheau , Ç. Ö. Girit , Hugues Pothier , D. Esteve , C. Urbina

When a Josephson junction is exposed to microwave radiation, it undergoes the inverse AC Josephson effect - the phase of the junction locks to the drive frequency. As a result, the I-V curves of the junction acquire "Shapiro steps" of…

For Josephson junctions based on s-wave superconductors, time-reversal symmetry is known to allow for powerful relations between the normal-state junction properties, the excitation spectrum, and the Josephson current. Here we provide…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-10 E. A. Mellars , B. Béri

We study the dc Josephson effect and the density of states in a multiterminal structure of cross-type geometry which consists of four superconducting electrodes connected by one-dimensional normal or ferromagnetic wires. We find that the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-01-16 Sebastian Mai , Ervand Kandelaki , Anatoly Volkov , Konstantin Efetov

The dc Josephson effect in a superconducting quantum point contact, where supercurrent flows through a small number of channels, is reviewd. The central role of Andreev levels is emphasized which carry the whole supercurrent in short…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Furusaki

The Josephson effect is generally described as Cooper pair tunneling, but it can also be understood in a more general context. The DC Josephson effect is the pseudo-Goldstone boson of two coupled systems with a broken continuous abelian…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-04-20 D. Chasse , A. -M. S. Tremblay

We study the microscopic structure of the Josephson current in a single-mode tunnel junction with a wide quasiclassical tunnel barrier. In such a junction each Andreev bound state carries a current of magnitude proportional to the {\em…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 G. Wendin , V. S. Shumeiko