Cargando…

Interplay between Josephson and Aharonov-Bohm effects in Andreev interferometers

Proximity induced quantum coherence of electrons in multi-terminal voltage-driven hybrid normal-superconducting nanostructures may result in a non-trivial interplay between topology-dependent Josephson and Aharonov-Bohm effects. We elucidate a trade-off between stimulation of the voltage-dependent J...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dolgirev, Pavel E., Kalenkov, Mikhail S., Zaikin, Andrei D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6361916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30718582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37653-w
_version_ 1783392777210429440
author Dolgirev, Pavel E.
Kalenkov, Mikhail S.
Zaikin, Andrei D.
author_facet Dolgirev, Pavel E.
Kalenkov, Mikhail S.
Zaikin, Andrei D.
author_sort Dolgirev, Pavel E.
collection PubMed
description Proximity induced quantum coherence of electrons in multi-terminal voltage-driven hybrid normal-superconducting nanostructures may result in a non-trivial interplay between topology-dependent Josephson and Aharonov-Bohm effects. We elucidate a trade-off between stimulation of the voltage-dependent Josephson current due to non-equilibrium effects and quantum dephasing of quasiparticles causing reduction of both Josephson and Aharonov-Bohm currents. We also predict phase-shifted quantum coherent oscillations of the induced electrostatic potential as a function of the externally applied magnetic flux. Our results may be employed for engineering superconducting nanocircuits with controlled quantum properties.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-6361916
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2019
publisher Nature Publishing Group UK
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-63619162019-02-06 Interplay between Josephson and Aharonov-Bohm effects in Andreev interferometers Dolgirev, Pavel E. Kalenkov, Mikhail S. Zaikin, Andrei D. Sci Rep Article Proximity induced quantum coherence of electrons in multi-terminal voltage-driven hybrid normal-superconducting nanostructures may result in a non-trivial interplay between topology-dependent Josephson and Aharonov-Bohm effects. We elucidate a trade-off between stimulation of the voltage-dependent Josephson current due to non-equilibrium effects and quantum dephasing of quasiparticles causing reduction of both Josephson and Aharonov-Bohm currents. We also predict phase-shifted quantum coherent oscillations of the induced electrostatic potential as a function of the externally applied magnetic flux. Our results may be employed for engineering superconducting nanocircuits with controlled quantum properties. Nature Publishing Group UK 2019-02-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6361916/ /pubmed/30718582 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37653-w Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
spellingShingle Article
Dolgirev, Pavel E.
Kalenkov, Mikhail S.
Zaikin, Andrei D.
Interplay between Josephson and Aharonov-Bohm effects in Andreev interferometers
title Interplay between Josephson and Aharonov-Bohm effects in Andreev interferometers
title_full Interplay between Josephson and Aharonov-Bohm effects in Andreev interferometers
title_fullStr Interplay between Josephson and Aharonov-Bohm effects in Andreev interferometers
title_full_unstemmed Interplay between Josephson and Aharonov-Bohm effects in Andreev interferometers
title_short Interplay between Josephson and Aharonov-Bohm effects in Andreev interferometers
title_sort interplay between josephson and aharonov-bohm effects in andreev interferometers
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6361916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30718582
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37653-w
work_keys_str_mv AT dolgirevpavele interplaybetweenjosephsonandaharonovbohmeffectsinandreevinterferometers
AT kalenkovmikhails interplaybetweenjosephsonandaharonovbohmeffectsinandreevinterferometers
AT zaikinandreid interplaybetweenjosephsonandaharonovbohmeffectsinandreevinterferometers