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Main Authors: Wang, Yiyan, Li, Cong, Dong, Bing
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.17517
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author Wang, Yiyan
Li, Cong
Dong, Bing
author_facet Wang, Yiyan
Li, Cong
Dong, Bing
contents In this work, we study a Josephson junction with parallel-connected quantum dots (QDs) threaded by a magnetic flux in the central region. We discretize the superconducting (SC) electrode into three discrete energy levels and modify the tunneling coefficients to construct a finite-dimensional surrogate Hamiltonian. By directly diagonalizing this Hamiltonian, we compute the physical quantities of the system. Additionally, we employ a low-energy effective model to gain deeper physical insight. Our findings reveal that when only one QD exhibits Coulomb interaction, the system undergoes a phase transition between singlet and doublet states. The magnetic flux has a minor influence on the singlet state but significantly affects the doublet state. When both QDs have interactions, the system undergoes two phase transitions as the SC phase difference increases: the ground state evolves from a doublet to a singlet and finally into a triplet state at $ϕ= π$. Increasing the magnetic flux suppresses the doublet and triplet phases, eventually stabilizing the singlet state. In this regime, enhancing the interaction strength does not induce a singlet-doublet transition but instead drives a transition between upper and lower singlet states, leading to a critical current peak as $U$ increases. Finally, we examine the case where the tunneling coefficient $Γ$ exceeds the SC pairing potential $Δ$. Here, doublet states dominate, and the system only exhibits a phase transition between doublet and triplet states when $ϕ_B = 0$. In the presence of a magnetic flux, the three states converge, resulting in a triple point in the ($ϕ$, $ϕ_B$) parameter space.
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spellingShingle Magnetic flux controlled current phase relationship in double Quantum Dot Josephson junction
Wang, Yiyan
Li, Cong
Dong, Bing
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Superconductivity
In this work, we study a Josephson junction with parallel-connected quantum dots (QDs) threaded by a magnetic flux in the central region. We discretize the superconducting (SC) electrode into three discrete energy levels and modify the tunneling coefficients to construct a finite-dimensional surrogate Hamiltonian. By directly diagonalizing this Hamiltonian, we compute the physical quantities of the system. Additionally, we employ a low-energy effective model to gain deeper physical insight. Our findings reveal that when only one QD exhibits Coulomb interaction, the system undergoes a phase transition between singlet and doublet states. The magnetic flux has a minor influence on the singlet state but significantly affects the doublet state. When both QDs have interactions, the system undergoes two phase transitions as the SC phase difference increases: the ground state evolves from a doublet to a singlet and finally into a triplet state at $ϕ= π$. Increasing the magnetic flux suppresses the doublet and triplet phases, eventually stabilizing the singlet state. In this regime, enhancing the interaction strength does not induce a singlet-doublet transition but instead drives a transition between upper and lower singlet states, leading to a critical current peak as $U$ increases. Finally, we examine the case where the tunneling coefficient $Γ$ exceeds the SC pairing potential $Δ$. Here, doublet states dominate, and the system only exhibits a phase transition between doublet and triplet states when $ϕ_B = 0$. In the presence of a magnetic flux, the three states converge, resulting in a triple point in the ($ϕ$, $ϕ_B$) parameter space.
title Magnetic flux controlled current phase relationship in double Quantum Dot Josephson junction
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.17517