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Main Authors: Tokuda, Masashi, Matsumoto, Fumiya, Maeda, Noriaki, Higashihara, Tomo, Nakao, Mai, Watanabe, Mori, Lee, Sanghyun, Nakamura, Ryoya, Maeda, Masaki, Jiang, Nan, Yue, Di, Narita, Hideki, Aoyama, Kazushi, Mizushima, Takeshi, Ohe, Jun-ichiro, Ono, Teruo, Jin, Xiaofeng, Kobayashi, Kensuke, Niimi, Yasuhiro
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09431
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author Tokuda, Masashi
Matsumoto, Fumiya
Maeda, Noriaki
Higashihara, Tomo
Nakao, Mai
Watanabe, Mori
Lee, Sanghyun
Nakamura, Ryoya
Maeda, Masaki
Jiang, Nan
Yue, Di
Narita, Hideki
Aoyama, Kazushi
Mizushima, Takeshi
Ohe, Jun-ichiro
Ono, Teruo
Jin, Xiaofeng
Kobayashi, Kensuke
Niimi, Yasuhiro
author_facet Tokuda, Masashi
Matsumoto, Fumiya
Maeda, Noriaki
Higashihara, Tomo
Nakao, Mai
Watanabe, Mori
Lee, Sanghyun
Nakamura, Ryoya
Maeda, Masaki
Jiang, Nan
Yue, Di
Narita, Hideki
Aoyama, Kazushi
Mizushima, Takeshi
Ohe, Jun-ichiro
Ono, Teruo
Jin, Xiaofeng
Kobayashi, Kensuke
Niimi, Yasuhiro
contents Topological superconductors are one of the intriguing material groups from the viewpoint of not only condensed matter physics but also industrial application such as quantum computers based on Majorana fermion. For the real application, developments of the thin-film topological superconductors are highly desirable. Bi/Ni bilayer is a possible candidate for thin-film chiral superconductors where the time-reversal symmetry is broken. Here we report the phase shift of resistance oscillations by half flux quantum in a ring-shaped device of epitaxial Bi/Ni bilayer induced by a small magnetic field through the ring. The half quantum fluxoid can be a decisive evidence for unconventional superconductors where the superconducting order parameter has an internal degree of freedom. The present result provides a functional operating principle for quantum devices where the phase of the supercurrent can be shifted by πwith a small magnetic field, based on the internal degree of freedom possessed by topological superconductivity.
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spellingShingle Observation of the crossover from quantum fluxoid to half-quantum fluxoid in a chiral superconducting device
Tokuda, Masashi
Matsumoto, Fumiya
Maeda, Noriaki
Higashihara, Tomo
Nakao, Mai
Watanabe, Mori
Lee, Sanghyun
Nakamura, Ryoya
Maeda, Masaki
Jiang, Nan
Yue, Di
Narita, Hideki
Aoyama, Kazushi
Mizushima, Takeshi
Ohe, Jun-ichiro
Ono, Teruo
Jin, Xiaofeng
Kobayashi, Kensuke
Niimi, Yasuhiro
Superconductivity
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
Topological superconductors are one of the intriguing material groups from the viewpoint of not only condensed matter physics but also industrial application such as quantum computers based on Majorana fermion. For the real application, developments of the thin-film topological superconductors are highly desirable. Bi/Ni bilayer is a possible candidate for thin-film chiral superconductors where the time-reversal symmetry is broken. Here we report the phase shift of resistance oscillations by half flux quantum in a ring-shaped device of epitaxial Bi/Ni bilayer induced by a small magnetic field through the ring. The half quantum fluxoid can be a decisive evidence for unconventional superconductors where the superconducting order parameter has an internal degree of freedom. The present result provides a functional operating principle for quantum devices where the phase of the supercurrent can be shifted by πwith a small magnetic field, based on the internal degree of freedom possessed by topological superconductivity.
title Observation of the crossover from quantum fluxoid to half-quantum fluxoid in a chiral superconducting device
topic Superconductivity
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09431