Topological superconductivity in a magnetic-texture coupled Josephson junction
Topological superconductors are appealing building blocks for robust and reliable quantum information processing. Most platforms for engineering topological superconductivity rely on a combination of superconductors, materials with intrinsic strong spin-orbit coupling, and external magnetic fields,...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Data de publicação: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| Repositório: | Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/716762 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/10486/716762 https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.110.L060505 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Josephson junction devices magnetic fields superconducting films textures topology Física |
| Resumo: | Topological superconductors are appealing building blocks for robust and reliable quantum information processing. Most platforms for engineering topological superconductivity rely on a combination of superconductors, materials with intrinsic strong spin-orbit coupling, and external magnetic fields, detrimental for superconductivity. We propose a setup where a conventional Josephson junction is linked via a magnetic-textured barrier. Antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic insulators with periodically arranged domains are compatible with our proposal, which does not require intrinsic spin-orbit or external magnetic fields. We find that the topological phase depends on the magnitude and period of the barrier magnetization. The superconducting phase controls the topological transition, which could be detected as a sharp suppression of the supercurrent across the junction |
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