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Flux-periodic supercurrent oscillations in an Aharonov-Bohm-type nanowire Josephson junction
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Phase winding effects in hollow semiconductor nanowires with superconducting shells have been proposed as a route to engineer topological superconducting states. We investigate GaAs/InAs core/shell nanowires with half-shells of epitaxial aluminium as a potential platform for such devices, where the thin InAs shell confines the electron wave function around the GaAs core. With normal contacts we observed pronounced $h/e$ flux periodic oscillations in the magnetoconductance, indicating the presence of a tubular conductive channel in the InAs shell. Conversely, the switching current in Josephson junctions oscillates with approximately half that period, i.e. $h/2e$, indicating transport via Andreev transport processes in the junction enclosing threading magnetic flux. On these structures, we systematically studied the gate-, field-, and temperature-dependent evolution of the supercurrent. Results indicate that Andreev transport processes can occur about the wire circumference indicating full proximitization of the InAs shell from the half-shell superconducting contacts.<br />Comment: 13 pages, 6 figures
Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2402.13880
- Document Type :
- Working Paper