Spontaneous fractional Josephson current from parafermions

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Main Authors: Iyer, Kishore, Ratnakar, Amulya, Mukhopadyaya, Aabir, Rao, Sumathi, Das, Sourin
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Published: 2022
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author Iyer, Kishore
Ratnakar, Amulya
Mukhopadyaya, Aabir
Rao, Sumathi
Das, Sourin
author_facet Iyer, Kishore
Ratnakar, Amulya
Mukhopadyaya, Aabir
Rao, Sumathi
Das, Sourin
contents We study a parafermion Josephson junction (JJ) comprising a pair of counter-propagating edge modes of two quantum Hall (QH) systems, proximitized by an s-wave superconductor. We show that the difference between the lengths (which can be controlled by external gates) of the two counter-propagating chiral edges at the Josephson junction, can act as a source of spontaneous phase bias. For the Laughlin filling fractions, $ν= 1/m,~ m \in 2\mathbb{Z}+1$, this leads to an electrical control of either Majorana $(m=1)$ or parafermion $(m\neq 1)$ zero modes.
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spellingShingle Spontaneous fractional Josephson current from parafermions
Iyer, Kishore
Ratnakar, Amulya
Mukhopadyaya, Aabir
Rao, Sumathi
Das, Sourin
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
We study a parafermion Josephson junction (JJ) comprising a pair of counter-propagating edge modes of two quantum Hall (QH) systems, proximitized by an s-wave superconductor. We show that the difference between the lengths (which can be controlled by external gates) of the two counter-propagating chiral edges at the Josephson junction, can act as a source of spontaneous phase bias. For the Laughlin filling fractions, $ν= 1/m,~ m \in 2\mathbb{Z}+1$, this leads to an electrical control of either Majorana $(m=1)$ or parafermion $(m\neq 1)$ zero modes.
title Spontaneous fractional Josephson current from parafermions
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.05504