Gate modulation and interface engineering on Coulomb blockade in open superconducting islands

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Main Authors: Song, Huading, Pan, Dong, Shang, Runan, Wang, Zhaoyu, He, Ke, Zhao, Jianhua, Zhang, Hao
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author Song, Huading
Pan, Dong
Shang, Runan
Wang, Zhaoyu
He, Ke
Zhao, Jianhua
Zhang, Hao
author_facet Song, Huading
Pan, Dong
Shang, Runan
Wang, Zhaoyu
He, Ke
Zhao, Jianhua
Zhang, Hao
contents Mesoscopic Coulomb blockade (MCB) is recognized as a phase-coherent variant of the conventional Coulomb blockade that arises in systems with open contacts. In open quantum dots, MCB is enhanced by a decrease in background conductance. This occurs because the reduction in coupling strength between the quantum dot and the outer reservoir renders the system more closed, thereby facilitating the emergence of conventional Coulomb blockade. In this work, we demonstrate that the MCB in open superconducting islands exhibits an different correlation with coupling strength compared to open quantum dots. Specifically, a decrease in background conductance may result in a weakening of the MCB. This observation indicates that the MCB in superconducting islands originates from the presence of superconducting-normal interfaces.
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spellingShingle Gate modulation and interface engineering on Coulomb blockade in open superconducting islands
Song, Huading
Pan, Dong
Shang, Runan
Wang, Zhaoyu
He, Ke
Zhao, Jianhua
Zhang, Hao
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Mesoscopic Coulomb blockade (MCB) is recognized as a phase-coherent variant of the conventional Coulomb blockade that arises in systems with open contacts. In open quantum dots, MCB is enhanced by a decrease in background conductance. This occurs because the reduction in coupling strength between the quantum dot and the outer reservoir renders the system more closed, thereby facilitating the emergence of conventional Coulomb blockade. In this work, we demonstrate that the MCB in open superconducting islands exhibits an different correlation with coupling strength compared to open quantum dots. Specifically, a decrease in background conductance may result in a weakening of the MCB. This observation indicates that the MCB in superconducting islands originates from the presence of superconducting-normal interfaces.
title Gate modulation and interface engineering on Coulomb blockade in open superconducting islands
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.07593