Phase engineering of anomalous Josephson effect derived from Andreev molecules

S Matsuo, T Imoto, T Yokoyama, Y Sato… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
A Josephson junction (JJ) is a key device for develo** superconducting circuits, wherein a
supercurrent in the JJ is controlled by the phase difference between the two …

Phase-dependent Andreev molecules and superconducting gap closing in coherently-coupled Josephson junctions

S Matsuo, T Imoto, T Yokoyama, Y Sato… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The Josephson junction (JJ) is an essential element of superconducting (SC) devices for
both fundamental and applied physics. The short-range coherent coupling of two adjacent …

Flux-tunable Josephson diode effect in a hybrid four-terminal Josephson junction

M Coraiola, AE Svetogorov, DZ Haxell, D Sabonis… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We investigate the direction-dependent switching current in a flux-tunable four-terminal
Josephson junction defined in an InAs/Al two-dimensional heterostructure. The device …

Field-free Josephson diode effect in altermagnet/normal metal/altermagnet junctions

Q Cheng, Y Mao, QF Sun - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
The field-free and highly efficient diodes with the nonreciprocity of supercurrent are believed
to be the core block of superconducting computing devices without dissipation. In this paper …

Tuning the Josephson diode response with an ac current

R Seoane Souto, M Leijnse, C Schrade, M Valentini… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
Josephson diodes are superconducting elements that show an asymmetry in the critical
current depending on the direction of the current. Here, we theoretically explore how an …

From nonreciprocal to charge-4e supercurrent in Ge-based Josephson devices with tunable harmonic content

A Leblanc, C Tangchingchai, ZS Momtaz… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
Hybrid superconductor (S)-semiconductor (Sm) devices bring a range of functionalities into
superconducting circuits. In particular, hybrid parity-protected qubits and Josephson diodes …

Strong nonlocal tuning of the current-phase relation of a quantum dot based Andreev molecule

M Kocsis, Z Scherübl, G Fülöp, P Makk, S Csonka - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Recent realization of minimal Kitaev chains brought a breakthrough in Majorana research,
which made arrays of quantum dots coupled by superconductor spacers the most promising …

Anomalous supercurrent and diode effect in locally perturbed topological Josephson junctions

S Fracassi, S Traverso, N Traverso Ziani… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The simultaneous breaking of time-reversal and inversion symmetry can lead to peculiar
effects in Josephson junctions, such as the anomalous Josephson effect or supercurrent …

On-off switch and sign change for a nonlocal Josephson diode in spin-valve Andreev molecules

EW Hodt, J Linder - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Andreev molecules consist of two coherently coupled Josephson junctions and permit
nonlocal control over supercurrents. By making the barriers magnetic and thus creating a …

Gate-tunable sign reversal of dissipationless spin-diode effect reaching 100%

C Sun, J Linder - arxiv preprint arxiv:2410.07337, 2024 - arxiv.org
The superconducting version of a diode effect has been the subject of extensive research in
the last few years. So far, the focus has almost exclusively been on charge transport, but a …