基于拓扑绝缘体纳米线约瑟夫森结的反常临界超流增强和半整数夏皮洛台阶

基于拓扑绝缘体材料的约瑟夫森结是寻找马约拉纳零能模的候选器件,因而受到拓扑量子计算研究领域的关注.这方面实验的关键之一,是制备具有优质结区的约瑟夫森器件.本工作在三维拓扑绝缘体Bi₂Te₃和Bi₂(Se_xTe_1-x)₃纳米线上制作了约瑟夫森结器件,研究了其结区的超导邻近效应、多重安德列夫反射和超流-相位关系,观测到了约瑟夫森结的临界超流随磁场增大而反常地增大、其交流约瑟夫森效应出现半整数的夏皮洛台阶的实验结果.本文还讨论了这些反常现象的可能来源,特别是与结区界面处超导电极的Ti缓冲层和拓扑绝缘体纳米线中的Te元素形成TiTe铁磁性合金层的关系.     

Ac Josephson effect in Corbino-geometry Josephson junctions constructed on Bi2Te3 surface

Recently, a Corbino-geometry type of Josephson junction constructed on the surface of topological insulators has been proposed for hosting and braiding Majorana zero modes. As a first step to test this proposal, we successfully fabricated Corbino-geometry Josephson junctions (JJs) on the surface of Bi₂Te₃ flakes. Ac Josephson effect with fractional Shapiro steps was observed in the Corbino-geometry JJs while the flux in the junction area was quantized. By analyzing the experimental data using the resistively shunted Josephson junction model, we found that the Corbino-geometry JJs exhibit a skewed current—phase relation due to its high transparency. The results suggest that Corbino-geometry JJs constructed on the surface of topological insulators may provide a promising platform for studying Majorana-related physics.     

Anomalous Josephson Effect in Topological Insulator-Based Josephson Trijunction

We studied anomalous Josephson effect（AJE） in Josephson trijunctions fabricated on Bi₂Se₃, and found that the AJE in T-shaped trijunctions significantly alters the Majorana phase diagram of the trijunctions, when an in-plane magnetic field is applied parallel to two of the three single junctions. Such a phenomenon in topological insulator-based Josephson trijunction provides unambiguous evidence for the existence of AJE in the system, and may provide an additional knob for ...