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Fully tunable Magic Angle Twisted Bilayer Graphene Josephson Junction

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Abstract

Superconductivity and correlated insulating states have recently been observed in ‘magic-angle’ twisted bilayer graphene (MATBG) heterostructures at twist angles close to 1.1 degrees, featuring nearly-flat bands owing to strong interlayer coupling. MATBG offers a new playground to study superconductivity and strongly correlated physics with an unprecedented degree of tunability. One of the elemental superconducting devices are Josephson Junctions, where two superconductors are coupled by a non-superconducting weak link. In this work, we exploit such tunability to create a fully tunable 2D Josephson Junction allowing to independently control the electronic state of the weak link and the rest of the junction via multiple electrostatic gates. The MATBG electrodes can thus be brought into a superconducting state, either in the hole regime or the electron regime, while the narrow junction at the center of the device can be tuned into any possible state of the phase diagram of MATBG (from metal, band insulator, charge neutrality, correlated insulator, superconductor). Such devices may pave the way towards new geometries in the study of strongly correlated systems, tunable superconducting qubits, and fully-integrated 2-dimensional electronics for the future nanodevice technology.

Presenters

  • Daniel Rodan-Legrain

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Authors

  • Daniel Rodan-Legrain

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

  • Yuan Cao

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT

  • Jeong Min Park

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  • Kenji Watanabe

    National Institute for Materials Science, Japan, National Institute for Material Science, National Institute for Materials Science, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Research Center for Functional Materials, NIMS, nims, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, NIMS, National Institute for Material Science - Japan, NIMS Tsukuba, National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan., National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), National Institute for Materials Science,Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan, Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS, Japan, National Institute for Materials Science,1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan, National Institute of Materials Science, National Institute for Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, National Institute for Material Science, Japan, National Institue for Material Science, Tsukuba, Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, Advanced Matrials Lab, NIMS, National Institute for Material Science, Tsukuba, Japan, National institute for materials science, NIMS-Tsukuba, NIMS, Japan, National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki Tsukuba Ibaraki, Japan, NIRM, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, NIMS Japan, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan, Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute of Materials Science, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan, National Institute of Material Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, National Institute for Material Science (Japan), Physics, NIMS, National Institute of Materials Science, Japan, National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS), National Institute of Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan, NIMS - Tsukuba

  • Takashi Taniguchi

    National Institute for Materials Science, Japan, National Institute for Material Science, National Institute for Materials Science, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Research Center for Functional Materials, NIMS, nims, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, NIMS, National Institute for Material Science - Japan, NIMS Tsukuba, National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan., National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), National Institute for Materials Science,Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan, Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS, Japan, National Institute for Materials Science,1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan, National Institute of Materials Science, National Institute for Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, National Institue for Material Science, Tsukuba, Advanced Materials Laboratory, NIMS, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, Advanced Matrials Lab, NIMS, National Institute for Material Science, Tsukuba, Japan, National institute for materials science, NIMS-Tsukuba, NIMS, Japan, National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki Tsukuba Ibaraki, Japan, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, NIMS Japan, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan, Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute of Materials Science, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan, National Institute of Material Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, National Institute for Material Science (Japan), Physics, NIMS, National Institute of Materials Science, Japan, National Institute of Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan, NIMS - Tsukuba

  • Pablo Jarillo-Herrero

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Massachusetts Inst of Tech-MIT