The Josephson effect in Fibonacci superconductors

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Hauptverfasser: Sardinero, Ignacio, Cayao, Jorge, Yada, Keiji, Tanaka, Yukio, Burset, Pablo
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author Sardinero, Ignacio
Cayao, Jorge
Yada, Keiji
Tanaka, Yukio
Burset, Pablo
author_facet Sardinero, Ignacio
Cayao, Jorge
Yada, Keiji
Tanaka, Yukio
Burset, Pablo
contents We theoretically investigate the Josephson effect between two proximized Fibonacci quasicrystals. A quasiperiodic modulation of the chemical potential on a superconducting substrate induces topological gaps and edge modes with energies above the superconducting gap. We reveal that these edge modes develop superconducting correlations which significantly impact the Josephson current, and we term them Fibonacci-Andreev bound states. Notably, the contribution from these edge modes can be controlled by the Fibonacci sequence arrangement, known as phason angle, and can dominate the Josephson effect over the conventional subgap Andreev bound states in short junctions. The interplay between the Josephson effect and nontrivial edge modes in quasiperiodic systems presents new opportunities for exploring exotic superconducting phenomena in quasicrystals.
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spellingShingle The Josephson effect in Fibonacci superconductors
Sardinero, Ignacio
Cayao, Jorge
Yada, Keiji
Tanaka, Yukio
Burset, Pablo
Superconductivity
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
We theoretically investigate the Josephson effect between two proximized Fibonacci quasicrystals. A quasiperiodic modulation of the chemical potential on a superconducting substrate induces topological gaps and edge modes with energies above the superconducting gap. We reveal that these edge modes develop superconducting correlations which significantly impact the Josephson current, and we term them Fibonacci-Andreev bound states. Notably, the contribution from these edge modes can be controlled by the Fibonacci sequence arrangement, known as phason angle, and can dominate the Josephson effect over the conventional subgap Andreev bound states in short junctions. The interplay between the Josephson effect and nontrivial edge modes in quasiperiodic systems presents new opportunities for exploring exotic superconducting phenomena in quasicrystals.
title The Josephson effect in Fibonacci superconductors
topic Superconductivity
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19147