Josephson junction of minimally twisted bilayer graphene
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
Description
We theoretically investigate the transport properties of a Josephson junction composed of superconductor/minimally twisted bilayer graphene/superconductor structures. In the presence of an out-of-plane electric field, the low-energy physics is best described by a network of domain-wall states. Depending on system parameters, they lead to the emergence of zigzag or pseudo-Landau-level modes with distinct transport characteristics. Specifically, we find zigzag modes feature linear dispersion of Andreev bound states, resulting in a -periodic Josephson current. In contrast, pseudo-Landau-level modes exhibit flat Andreev bound states and, consequently, a vanishing bulk Josephson current. Interestingly, edge states can give rise to -periodic Josephson response in the pseudo-Landau-level regime. We also discuss experimental signatures of such responses.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevB.110.085422;
- arXiv
- arXiv:2405.03571;
- Crossref Funder ID
- 10.13039/501100001843; 10.13039/501100001502; 10.13039/501100004541;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review B
- Journal Volume
- 110
- Journal Issue
- 8
- Journal Page Range
- 15 pgs.
- ISSN
- 1550-235X
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Subject category
- S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
- Descriptors DEI
- BOUND STATE; CONNECTORS; COUPLINGS; CURRENTS; DISPERSIONS; DOMAIN STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GINZBURG-LANDAU THEORY; GRAPHENE; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; JOSEPHSON JUNCTIONS; LAYERS; PERIODICITY; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SUPERCONDUCTORS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- ©2024 American Physical Society
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- ECR/2018/001443; CRG/2020/001803; 58/20/15/2019-BRNS; SPARC/2018-2019/P538/SL
- Notes
- Contact Email: Contact author: ritajit@iitk.ac.in; Contact Email: Contact author: kundua@iitk.ac.in; Record automatically processed
- Funding organization
- Science and Engineering Research Board; Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India; Ministry of Education, India; PMRF scheme