Optimal conditions for observing fractional Josephson effect in topological Josephson junctions

Topological Josephson φ0 junctions

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

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 the supercurrent. In recent years, considerable efforts have focused on the coupling of superconductors to the surface states of a three-dimensional topological insulator. In such a material, an unconventional induced p...

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

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 the supercurrent. In recent years, considerable efforts have focused on the coupling of superconductors to the surface states of a three-dimensional topological insulator. In such a material, an unconventional induced p...

Signatures of topological Josephson junctions

Yang Peng,1 Falko Pientka,1,2 Erez Berg,3 Yuval Oreg,3 and Felix von Oppen1 1Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems and Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany 2Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA 3Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel (Received 3 May 2016; revised manuscri...

Fractional Solitons in Excitonic Josephson Junctions

The Josephson effect is especially appealing to physicists because it reveals macroscopically the quantum order and phase. In excitonic bilayers the effect is even subtler due to the counterflow of supercurrent as well as the tunneling between layers (interlayer tunneling). Here we study, in a quantum Hall bilayer, the excitonic Josephson junction: a conjunct of two exciton condensates with a r...