Magnetically-driven colossal supercurrent enhancement in InAs nanowire Josephson junctions

J. Tiira, E. Strambini (), M. Amado, S. Roddaro, P. San-Jose, R. Aguado, F. S. Bergeret, D. Ercolani, L. Sorba and F. Giazotto ()
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J. Tiira: NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore
E. Strambini: NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore
M. Amado: NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore
S. Roddaro: NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore
P. San-Jose: Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICMM-CSIC)
R. Aguado: Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICMM-CSIC)
F. S. Bergeret: Centro de Fisica de Materiales (CFM-MPC), Centro Mixto CSIC-UPV/EHU
D. Ercolani: NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore
L. Sorba: NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore
F. Giazotto: NEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore

Nature Communications, 2017, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract The Josephson effect is a fundamental quantum phenomenon where a dissipationless supercurrent is introduced in a weak link between two superconducting electrodes by Andreev reflections. The physical details and topology of the junction drastically modify the properties of the supercurrent and a strong enhancement of the critical supercurrent is expected to occur when the topology of the junction allows an emergence of Majorana bound states. Here we report charge transport measurements in mesoscopic Josephson junctions formed by InAs nanowires and Ti/Al superconducting leads. Our main observation is a colossal enhancement of the critical supercurrent induced by an external magnetic field applied perpendicular to the substrate. This striking and anomalous supercurrent enhancement cannot be described by any known conventional phenomenon of Josephson junctions. We consider these results in the context of topological superconductivity, and show that the observed critical supercurrent enhancement is compatible with a magnetic field-induced topological transition.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14984

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