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Josephson junctions are essential devices in superconducting electronics and quantum computing hardware. Here we predict electrical control of the supercurrent in composite superconductor-insulator-ferroelectric-insulator-superconductor…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-05-08 Yaozu Tang , Mazhar N. Ali , Gerrit E. W. Bauer , Yaroslav M. Blanter

Twisted interfaces between stacked van der Waals cuprate crystals enable tunable Josephson coupling between in-plane anisotropic superconducting order parameters. Employing a novel cryogenic assembly technique, we fabricate Josephson…

The Josephson junction noise detector measures the skewness of non-Gaussian noise via the asymmetry of the rate of escape from the zero-voltage state upon reversal of the bias current. The feedback of this detector on the noise generating…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-05-10 D. F. Urban , Hermann Grabert

We discuss how threshold detectors can be used for a direct measurement of the full counting statistics (FCS) of current fluctuations and how to implement Jose phson junctions in this respect. We propose a scheme to characterize the full co…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Tobiska , Yu. V. Nazarov

We give an overview on current experiments on Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) in a one-dimensional (1D) optical lattice. We introduce measurements of ground state, tunnelling and dynamical properties as well as investigations of atom…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-09-11 S. Burger , F. S. Cataliotti , F. Ferlaino , C. Fort , P. Maddaloni , F. Minardi , M. Inguscio

Josephson junctions and junction arrays are well studied devices in superconductivity. With external magnetic fields one can modulate the phase in a long junction and create traveling, solitonic waves of magnetic flux, called fluxons.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. Walser , E. Goldobin , O. Crasser , D. Koelle , R. Kleiner , W. P. Schleich

We present a way to We present a way to fabricate bicrystal Josephson junctions of high-Tc cuprate superconductors that does not require bulk bicrystalline substrates. Based on vector substrate technology, this novel approach makes use of a…

We carry out an extensive experimental and theoretical study of the Josephson effect in S-N-S junctions made of a diffusive normal metal (N) embedded between two superconducting electrodes (S). Our experiments are performed on Nb-Cu-Nb…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 P. Dubos , H. Courtois , B. Pannetier , F. K. Wilhelm , A. D. Zaikin , G. Schon

The Josephson junctions (JJs) are at the heart of modern quantum technologies and metrology. In this work we establish quantum features of an atomic soliton Josephson junction (SJJ) device, which consists of two weakly-coupled condensates…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-30 Dmitriy Tsarev , Alexander Alodjants , The Vinh Ngo , Ray-Kuang Lee

We review experiments on small-capacitance Josephson junctions. When the Josephson junction is fabricated in the configuration of dc superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID), the Josephson coupling can be tuned IN SITU with an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michio Watanabe , David B. Haviland

We present theory of dc Josephson effect in contacts between Fe-based and spin-singlet $s$-wave superconductors. The method is based on the calculation of temperature Green's function in the junction within the tight-binding model. We…

A new experiment is proposed to probe the time-reversal symmetry of a superconductor. It is shown that a time-reversal symmetry breaking superconductor can be identified by the observation of a fractional flux in connection with a Josephson…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 Manfred Sigrist , Yong Baek Kim

We show that twisted interfaces between superconductors can serve as a phase-sensitive platform for the detection and characterization of pair density waves (PDW). In the presence of an in-plane magnetic field, the critical Josephson…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-16 Jefferson Tang , Pavel A. Volkov

The dissipative dynamics of a Josephson junction in the Bose-gases is considered within the framework of the model of a tunneling Hamiltonian. The effective action which describes the dynamics of the phase difference across the junction is…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2012-05-28 R. A. Barankov , S. N. Burmistrov

The transition from the model of a long Josephson junction of variable width to the model of a junction with a coordinate-dependent Josephson current amplitude is effected through a coordinate transformation. This establishes the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 E. G. Semerdzhieva , T. L. Boyadjiev , Yu. M. Shukrinov

We report the electrical transport in vertical Josephson tunnel junctions (area 400 $\mu m$$^2$) using GdBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_7$$_{-\delta}$ electrodes and SrTiO$_3$ as an insulating barrier (with thicknesses between 1 nm and 4 nm). The results…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-12-19 H. Navarro , M. Sirena , N. Haberkorn

We report on the noise properties of ion-irradiated YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_7$ Josephson junctions. This work aims at investigating the linewidth of the Josephson oscillation with a detector response experiment at $\simeq$132 GHz. Experimental…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-06-22 A. Sharafiev , M. Malnou , C. Feuillet-Palma , C. Ulysse , P. Febvre , J. Lesueur , N. Bergeal

We study a multi-terminal Josephson junction based on an interacting quantum dot coupled to $n$ superconducting BCS leads. Using an Anderson type model of a local level with an arbitrary onsite Coulomb repulsion, we uncover its surprising…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-23 Peter Zalom , Martin Žonda , T. Novotný

Multi-terminal Josephson junctions were recently proposed as a versatile and tunable platform to emulate topological Bloch-like Hamiltonians in arbitrary dimensions. In this perspective article, we will give a brief overview of the subject…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-31 Lucila Peralta Gavensky , Gonzalo Usaj , C. A. Balseiro

The Josephson effect provides a direct method to probe the strength of the pairing interaction in superconductors. By measuring the phase fluctuating Josephson current between a superconducting tip of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM)…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-05-25 Mallika T. Randeria , Benjamin E. Feldman , Ilya K. Drozdov , Ali Yazdani