/2-Josephson junction as a topological superconductor

Z Yang, S Qin, Q Zhang, C Fang, J Hu - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
Z Yang, S Qin, Q Zhang, C Fang, J Hu
Physical Review B, 2018APS
Superconducting states with broken time-reversal symmetry are rarely found in nature. Here
we predict that it is inevitable that the time-reversal symmetry is broken spontaneously in a
superconducting Josephson junction formed by two superconductors with different pairing
symmetries dubbed as π/2-Josephson junction. While the leading conventional Josephson
coupling vanishes in such an π/2-Josephson junction, the second-order coupling from
tunneling always generates chiral superconductivity orders with broken time-reversal …
Superconducting states with broken time-reversal symmetry are rarely found in nature. Here we predict that it is inevitable that the time-reversal symmetry is broken spontaneously in a superconducting Josephson junction formed by two superconductors with different pairing symmetries dubbed as -Josephson junction. While the leading conventional Josephson coupling vanishes in such an -Josephson junction, the second-order coupling from tunneling always generates chiral superconductivity orders with broken time-reversal symmetry. Josephson frequency in the junction is doubled, namely . The result can not only provide a way to engineer topologically trivial or nontrivial time-reversal breaking superconducting states, but also be used to determine the pairing symmetry of unconventional superconductors.
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