From Andreev to Majorana bound states in hybrid superconductor–semiconductor nanowires

E Prada, P San-Jose, MWA de Moor, A Geresdi… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Inhomogeneous superconductors can host electronic excitations, known as Andreev bound
states (ABSs), below the superconducting energy gap. With the advent of topological …

Microwave photonics with superconducting quantum circuits

X Gu, AF Kockum, A Miranowicz, Y Liu, F Nori - Physics Reports, 2017 - Elsevier
In the past 20 years, impressive progress has been made both experimentally and
theoretically in superconducting quantum circuits, which provide a platform for manipulating …

Josephson radiation from gapless Andreev bound states in HgTe-based topological junctions

RS Deacon, J Wiedenmann, E Bocquillon… - Physical Review X, 2017 - APS
Frequency analysis of the rf emission of oscillating Josephson supercurrent is a powerful
passive way of probing properties of topological Josephson junctions. In particular …

Observation of the 4π-periodic Josephson effect in indium arsenide nanowires

D Laroche, D Bouman, DJ van Woerkom… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Quantum computation by non-Abelian Majorana zero modes (MZMs) offers an approach to
achieve fault tolerance by encoding quantum information in the non-local charge parity …

Exciting Andreev pairs in a superconducting atomic contact

L Bretheau, ÇÖ Girit, H Pothier, D Esteve, C Urbina - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum-circuit refrigerator

KY Tan, M Partanen, RE Lake, J Govenius… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Quantum technology promises revolutionizing applications in information processing,
communications, sensing and modelling. However, efficient on-demand cooling of the …

Autonomous quantum refrigerator in a circuit QED architecture based on a Josephson junction

PP Hofer, M Perarnau-Llobet, JB Brask, R Silva… - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
An implementation of a small quantum absorption refrigerator in a circuit QED architecture is
proposed. The setup consists of three harmonic oscillators coupled to a Josephson junction …

Quantum thermal machine as a thermometer

PP Hofer, JB Brask, M Perarnau-Llobet, N Brunner - Physical review letters, 2017 - APS
We propose the use of a quantum thermal machine for low-temperature thermometry. A hot
thermal reservoir coupled to the machine allows for simultaneously cooling the sample while …

Evidence of dual Shapiro steps in a Josephson junction array

N Crescini, S Cailleaux, W Guichard, C Naud… - Nature Physics, 2023 - nature.com
The modern primary voltage standard is based on the ac Josephson effect and the ensuing
Shapiro steps, where a microwave tone applied to a Josephson junction yields a constant …

Demonstration of an ac Josephson junction laser

MC Cassidy, A Bruno, S Rubbert, M Irfan… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Superconducting electronic devices have reemerged as contenders for both classical and
quantum computing due to their fast operation speeds, low dissipation, and long coherence …