Two-Dimensional Materials-Based Josephson Junctions

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Main Author: Simchi, Hamidreza
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contents We consider a two-dimensional monolayer MoS2-based Josephson junction which is composed by an intermediate semiconductor flake and the semi-infinite topological and non-topological superconductor leads and study its quantum transport properties by using the tight-binding non-equilibrium Green function method. By introducing a simple tight-binding model, it is shown that, when the absolute value of chemical potential is much smaller than the superconductor paring potential, the Majorana zero modes, whose Chern number is two, are formed in the topological leads. Also, we show that, in Josephson junction with ordinary superconductor leads, the Josephson current has sinusoidal behavior (due to forming the Andreev bound states (ABS)), when the absolute value of energy of carriers (and the chemical potential) is much smaller (greater) than the superconductor pairing potential. Of course, for Josephson junction with topological superconductor leads, it is shown that the ABS are not formed and in consequence the related Josephson current is zero. Therefore, one can consider the two-dimensional monolayer MoS2-based Josephson junction as a two-state switch which is in open-state (due to ABS) when the chemical potential is greater than 0.8 eV and is in close-state (due to Majorana) when the chemical potential is less than < 0.8 or is equal to zero, i.e., ABS cannot mimic the Majorana state, as zero-bias conductance.
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Simchi, Hamidreza
Superconductivity
We consider a two-dimensional monolayer MoS2-based Josephson junction which is composed by an intermediate semiconductor flake and the semi-infinite topological and non-topological superconductor leads and study its quantum transport properties by using the tight-binding non-equilibrium Green function method. By introducing a simple tight-binding model, it is shown that, when the absolute value of chemical potential is much smaller than the superconductor paring potential, the Majorana zero modes, whose Chern number is two, are formed in the topological leads. Also, we show that, in Josephson junction with ordinary superconductor leads, the Josephson current has sinusoidal behavior (due to forming the Andreev bound states (ABS)), when the absolute value of energy of carriers (and the chemical potential) is much smaller (greater) than the superconductor pairing potential. Of course, for Josephson junction with topological superconductor leads, it is shown that the ABS are not formed and in consequence the related Josephson current is zero. Therefore, one can consider the two-dimensional monolayer MoS2-based Josephson junction as a two-state switch which is in open-state (due to ABS) when the chemical potential is greater than 0.8 eV and is in close-state (due to Majorana) when the chemical potential is less than < 0.8 or is equal to zero, i.e., ABS cannot mimic the Majorana state, as zero-bias conductance.
title Two-Dimensional Materials-Based Josephson Junctions
topic Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23737