Quantum transport in Rashba spin–orbit materials: a review

D Bercioux, P Lucignano - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
In this review article we describe spin-dependent transport in materials with spin–orbit
interaction of Rashba type. We mainly focus on semiconductor heterostructures, however we …

Transport in two-dimensional topological materials: recent developments in experiment and theory

D Culcer, AC Keser, Y Li, G Tkachov - 2D Materials, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We review theoretical and experimental highlights in transport in two-dimensional
topological materials over the last five years. Topological materials comprise topological …

4π-periodic Josephson supercurrent in HgTe-based topological Josephson junctions

J Wiedenmann, E Bocquillon, RS Deacon… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The Josephson effect describes the generic appearance of a supercurrent in a weak link
between two superconductors. Its exact physical nature deeply influences the properties of …

Gapless Andreev bound states in the quantum spin Hall insulator HgTe

E Bocquillon, RS Deacon, J Wiedenmann… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
In recent years, Majorana physics has attracted considerable attention because of exotic
new phenomena and its prospects for fault-tolerant topological quantum computation. To …

Nonsinusoidal current-phase relationship in Josephson junctions from the 3D topological insulator HgTe

I Sochnikov, L Maier, CA Watson, JR Kirtley, C Gould… - Physical review …, 2015 - APS
We use superconducting quantum interference device microscopy to characterize the
current-phase relation (CPR) of Josephson junctions from the three-dimensional topological …

Evidence for an anomalous current–phase relation in topological insulator Josephson junctions

C Kurter, ADK Finck, YS Hor… - Nature communications, 2015 - nature.com
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 …

Josephson junction through a disordered topological insulator with helical magnetization

A Zyuzin, M Alidoust, D Loss - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
We study supercurrent and proximity vortices in a Josephson junction made of disordered
surface states of a three-dimensional topological insulator with a proximity induced in-plane …

Anomalous Fraunhofer Patterns in Gated Josephson Junctions Based on the Bulk-Insulating Topological Insulator BiSbTeSe2

S Ghatak, O Breunig, F Yang, Z Wang, AA Taskin… - Nano …, 2018 - ACS Publications
One-dimensional Majorana modes are predicated to form in Josephson junctions based on
three-dimensional topological insulators (TIs). While observations of supercurrents in …

Induced unconventional superconductivity on the surface states of Bi2Te3 topological insulator

S Charpentier, L Galletti, G Kunakova, R Arpaia… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Topological superconductivity is central to a variety of novel phenomena involving the
interplay between topologically ordered phases and broken-symmetry states. The key …

Transparent Josephson junctions in higher-order topological insulator via Pd diffusion

M Endres, A Kononov, M Stiefel, M Wyss… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
Highly transparent superconducting contacts to a topological insulator (TI) remain a
persistent challenge on the route to engineer topological superconductivity. Recently, the …