Emergent Network of Josephson Junctions in a Kagome Superconductor
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| author | Blom, Tycho J. Rog, Matthijs Altena, Marieke Salinas, Andrea Capa Wilson, Stephen D. Allan, Milan P. Li, Chuan Lahabi, Kaveh |
| author_facet | Blom, Tycho J. Rog, Matthijs Altena, Marieke Salinas, Andrea Capa Wilson, Stephen D. Allan, Milan P. Li, Chuan Lahabi, Kaveh |
| contents | Materials with a Kagome lattice are intensely studied because they host exotic states that combine strong correlations and topology. Recently, critical current oscillations were observed in an unstructured flake of CsV3Sb5 . In this work, we show that the origin of these oscillations is a network of Josephson junctions intrinsic to the flake that emerges below its critical temperature. Under radio-frequency radiation, we observe quantized Shapiro steps. The sensitivity of the step height to the contact placement indicates a complex network of junctions. By performing interference studies along multiple field directions, we demonstrate that the interference effects are a result of small junctions and filamentary supercurrent flow. Upon nanostructuring the flake, prominent features of the interference pattern are preserved, illustrating the localized nature of these junctions and their stability to thermal cycles. These results pave the way for determining the exact nature of superconductivity in the AV3Sb5 family. |
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| spellingShingle | Emergent Network of Josephson Junctions in a Kagome Superconductor Blom, Tycho J. Rog, Matthijs Altena, Marieke Salinas, Andrea Capa Wilson, Stephen D. Allan, Milan P. Li, Chuan Lahabi, Kaveh Superconductivity Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials with a Kagome lattice are intensely studied because they host exotic states that combine strong correlations and topology. Recently, critical current oscillations were observed in an unstructured flake of CsV3Sb5 . In this work, we show that the origin of these oscillations is a network of Josephson junctions intrinsic to the flake that emerges below its critical temperature. Under radio-frequency radiation, we observe quantized Shapiro steps. The sensitivity of the step height to the contact placement indicates a complex network of junctions. By performing interference studies along multiple field directions, we demonstrate that the interference effects are a result of small junctions and filamentary supercurrent flow. Upon nanostructuring the flake, prominent features of the interference pattern are preserved, illustrating the localized nature of these junctions and their stability to thermal cycles. These results pave the way for determining the exact nature of superconductivity in the AV3Sb5 family. |
| title | Emergent Network of Josephson Junctions in a Kagome Superconductor |
| topic | Superconductivity Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09777 |