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We investigate the transport properties of a one-dimensional superconductor-normal metal-superconductor (S-N-S) system described within the tight-binding approximation. We compute the equilibrium dc Josephson current and the time-dependent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Enrico Perfetto , Gianluca Stefanucci , Michele Cini

We developed microscopic theory of Josephson effect in point contacts between dirty two-band superconductors. The general expression for the Josephson current, which is valid for arbitrary temperatures, is obtained. This expression was used…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-08-19 Y. S. Yerin , A. N. Omelyanchouk

The phase of the wave function of charged matter is sensitive to the value of the electric potential, even when the matter never enters any region with non-vanishing electromagnetic fields. Despite its fundamental character, this archetypal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-13 Thomas C. Bachlechner , Matthew Kleban

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…

We present a theoretical study of transport properties through superconducting contacts based on a new formulation of boundary conditions that mimics interfaces for the quasiclassical theory of superconductivity. These boundary conditions…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 J. C. Cuevas , M. Fogelstrom

We investigate theoretically the Josephson junction of semiconductor nanowire with strong spin-orbit (SO) interaction in the presence of magnetic field. By using a tight-binding model, the energy levels $E_n$ of Andreev bound states are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-05-09 Tomohiro Yokoyama , Mikio Eto , Yuli V. Nazarov

Josephson current between two d-wave superconductors is calculated by using a lattice model. Here we consider two types of junctions, $i.e.$, the parallel junction and the mirror-type junction. The maximum Josephson current $(J_{c})$ shows…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 S. Shirai , H. Tsuchiura , Y. Asano , Y. Tanaka , J. Inoue , Y. Tanuma , S. Kashiwaya

We develop a general perturbative framework based on a superconducting atomic limit for the description of Andreev bound states (ABS) in interacting quantum dots connected to superconducting leads. A local effective Hamiltonian for dressed…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-05-29 Tobias Meng , Pascal Simon , Serge Florens

Symmetry plays a critical role in determining various properties of a material. Semiconducting p-n junction diode exemplifies the engineered skew electronic response and is at the heart of contemporary electronic circuits. The…

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

The microscopic theory of current carrying states in the ballistic superconducting microchannel is presented. The effects of the contact length L on the Josephson current are investigated. For the temperatures T close to the critical…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 Malek Zareyan , Yu. A. Kolesnichenko , A. N. Omelyanchouk

Features below the first conductance plateau in ballistic quantum point contacts (QPCs) are often ascribed to electron interaction and spin effects within the single mode limit. In QPCs with a highly asymmetric geometry, we observe sharp…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-01 Phillip M Wu , Peng Li , Albert M Chang

In superconducting systems in which inversion and time-reversal symmetry are simultaneously broken the critical current for positive and negative current bias can be different. For superconducting systems formed by Josephson junctions (JJs)…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-09-06 Joseph J. Cuozzo , Wei Pan , Javad Shabani , Enrico Rossi

In a standard Josephson junction the current is zero when the phase difference between the superconducting leads is zero. This condition is protected by parity and time-reversal symmetries. However, the combined presence of spin-orbit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-14 William Mayer , Matthieu C. Dartiailh , Joseph Yuan , Kaushini S. Wickramasinghe , Enrico Rossi , Javad Shabani

An intermittent Josephson effect in the form of voltage and temperature oscillations in the voltage - current curves near 2 K is observed in pellets consisting of superconducting TaC nanocapsules coated with graphite. This phenomenon is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-01-20 Dianyu Geng , Zhenhua Wang , Da Li , Zhidong Zhang , Xiaolin Wang

This paper studies the physics of junctions containing superconducting $(S)$ and normal $(N)$ leads weakly coupled to an Anderson impurity in the Kondo regime $(K)$. Special attention is devoted to the case where one of the leads is a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-07 T. Aono , A. Golub , Y. Avishai

We analyze the current in a superconducting point contact of arbitrary transmission in the presence of a microwave radiation. The interplay between the ac Josephson current and the microwave signal gives rise to Shapiro steps at voltages V…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 J. C. Cuevas , J. Heurich , A. Martin-Rodero , A. Levy Yeyati , G. Schoen

Theory of non-stationary coherent effects is developed for superconductor-normal-superconductor (SNS) structures with relatively strong normal scattering on S/N interfaces (interface resistance is large compared to intrinsic resistance of N…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-13 K. S. Tikhonov , M. V. Feigel'man

Remarkably rich physics is involved in the behavior of hybrid Josephson junctions, connecting high-Tc and low-Tc superconductors. This relates in particular to the different order parameter symmetries underlying the formation of the…

We analyze the dc Josephson effect in a ballistic superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor junction by means of the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations in the quasiclassical Andreev approximation. We consider the possibility of ferromagnetism…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-20 Gaetano Annunziata , Henrik Enoksen , Jacob Linder , Mario Cuoco , Canio Noce , Asle Sudbø