Fermi-arc supercurrent oscillations in Dirac semimetal Josephson junctions

Cai-Zhen Li; An-Qi Wang; Chuan Li; Wen-Zhuang Zheng; Alexander Brinkman; Da-Peng Yu; Zhi-Min Liao

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15010-8

Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

Fermi-arc supercurrent oscillations in Dirac semimetal Josephson junctions

Cai-Zhen Li,
An-Qi Wang,
Chuan Li,
Wen-Zhuang Zheng,
Alexander Brinkman,
Da-Peng Yu,
Zhi-Min Liao

Affiliations

Cai-Zhen Li: State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University
An-Qi Wang: Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University
Chuan Li: MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente
Wen-Zhuang Zheng: State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University
Alexander Brinkman: MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente
Da-Peng Yu: Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering and Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology
Zhi-Min Liao: State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15010-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Superconductivity through the topological surface states of a Dirac semimetal remains elusive. Here, the authors fabricate a Nb-Cd3As2-Nb Josephson junction and observe supercurrent oscillations from surface Fermi arcs of Cd3As2

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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