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 …

Supercurrent detection of topologically trivial zero-energy states in nanowire junctions

OA Awoga, J Cayao, AM Black-Schaffer - Physical Review Letters, 2019 - APS
We report the emergence of zero-energy states in the trivial phase of a short nanowire
junction with a strong spin-orbit coupling and magnetic field, formed by strong coupling …

A perspective on semiconductor-based superconducting qubits

R Aguado - Applied Physics Letters, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Following the demonstration of semiconductor-based Josephson junctions, which are fully
tunable by electrical means, new routes have been opened for the study of hybrid …

Gate-tunable subband degeneracy in semiconductor nanowires

Y Wang, W Song, Z Cao, Z Yu, S Yang, Z Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Degeneracy and symmetry have a profound relation in quantum systems. Here, we report
gate-tunable subband degeneracy in PbTe nanowires with a nearly symmetric cross …

Quantum dot parity effects in trivial and topological Josephson junctions

D Razmadze, ECT O'Farrell, P Krogstrup… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
An odd-occupied quantum dot in a Josephson junction can flip transmission phase, creating
a π junction. When the junction couples topological superconductors, no phase flip is …

Zeeman-driven parity transitions in an Andreev quantum dot

AM Whiticar, A Fornieri, A Banerjee, ACC Drachmann… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
The Andreev spectrum of a quantum dot embedded in a hybrid semiconductor-
superconductor interferometer can be modulated by electrostatic gating, magnetic flux …

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 …

Two-impurity Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states in coupled quantum dots

JC Estrada Saldaña, A Vekris, R Žitko, G Steffensen… - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
Using double quantum dots as the weak link of a Josephson junction, we realize the
superconducting analog of the celebrated two-impurity Kondo model. The device shows a …

Multiple Andreev reflections and Shapiro steps in a Ge-Si nanowire Josephson junction

J Ridderbos, M Brauns, A Li, EPAM Bakkers… - Physical Review …, 2019 - APS
We present a Josephson junction based on a Ge-Si core-shell nanowire with transparent
superconducting Al contacts, a building block which could be of considerable interest for …

Josephson junctions in double nanowires bridged by in-situ deposited superconductors

A Vekris, JCE Saldaña, T Kanne, M Marnauza… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
We characterize parallel double quantum dot Josephson junctions based on closely spaced
double nanowires bridged by in-situ deposited superconductors. The parallel double dot …