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| author | Kiyooka, Elyjah Tangchingchai, Chotivut Fernandez-Bada, Gonzalo Troncoso Brun-Barriere, Boris Zihlmann, Simon Maurand, Romain Lefloch, Francois Schmitt, Vivien Hartmann, Jean-Michel Houzet, Manuel De Franceschi, Silvano |
| author_facet | Kiyooka, Elyjah Tangchingchai, Chotivut Fernandez-Bada, Gonzalo Troncoso Brun-Barriere, Boris Zihlmann, Simon Maurand, Romain Lefloch, Francois Schmitt, Vivien Hartmann, Jean-Michel Houzet, Manuel De Franceschi, Silvano |
| contents | Ge/SiGe quantum well heterostructures confining a high-mobility two-dimensional hole gas (2DHG) have emerged as a compelling platform for hybrid superconductor(S)-semiconductor(Sm) quantum devices. Here, we investigate the low-temperature transport properties of split-gate quantum point contacts (QPC) defined in one such heterostructure and positioned at different distances from an aluminum superconducting contact. We observe ballistic one-dimensional transport evidenced by conductance quantization with at least four clearly visible plateaus. Andreev reflection at the S/Sm interface induces a 40% enhancement of the conductance steps relative to the normal-state conductance staircase measured under a 100-mT out-of-plane magnetic field. This result is in excellent agreement with the theoretical expectation for an interface transparency of 0.88. By operating the QPCs in the tunneling regime, we probe the local density of states of the proximitized 2DHG. We report direct experimental evidence of an induced superconducting gap, demonstrating that its magnitude can be tuned by a gate voltage acting on the carrier density in the 2DHG. |
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| spellingShingle | Andreev-enhanced conductance quantization and gate-tunable induced superconducting gap in germanium Kiyooka, Elyjah Tangchingchai, Chotivut Fernandez-Bada, Gonzalo Troncoso Brun-Barriere, Boris Zihlmann, Simon Maurand, Romain Lefloch, Francois Schmitt, Vivien Hartmann, Jean-Michel Houzet, Manuel De Franceschi, Silvano Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Ge/SiGe quantum well heterostructures confining a high-mobility two-dimensional hole gas (2DHG) have emerged as a compelling platform for hybrid superconductor(S)-semiconductor(Sm) quantum devices. Here, we investigate the low-temperature transport properties of split-gate quantum point contacts (QPC) defined in one such heterostructure and positioned at different distances from an aluminum superconducting contact. We observe ballistic one-dimensional transport evidenced by conductance quantization with at least four clearly visible plateaus. Andreev reflection at the S/Sm interface induces a 40% enhancement of the conductance steps relative to the normal-state conductance staircase measured under a 100-mT out-of-plane magnetic field. This result is in excellent agreement with the theoretical expectation for an interface transparency of 0.88. By operating the QPCs in the tunneling regime, we probe the local density of states of the proximitized 2DHG. We report direct experimental evidence of an induced superconducting gap, demonstrating that its magnitude can be tuned by a gate voltage acting on the carrier density in the 2DHG. |
| title | Andreev-enhanced conductance quantization and gate-tunable induced superconducting gap in germanium |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.00755 |