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Superconducting Quantum Point Contact in epitaxial Al/InAs heterostructures

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Abstract

Superconducting-semiconducting (S-Sm) Josephson junctions facilitate supercurrent flow through discrete Andreev bound states (ABS). In typical planar Josephson junctions there are hundreds of ABS modes and hence spectroscopy of individual ABS modes have been limited to mostly nanowires. In this work, we start with DC measurements of superconducting quantum point contact (QPC). The quality metric of superconducting QPC is quantization of supercurrent where in a microwave spectroscopy set up will exhibit quantized frequency behavior. We discuss various QPC designs and impact of dielectric thickness.

Presenters

  • Lukas James Baker

    New York University (NYU)

Authors

  • Lukas James Baker

    New York University (NYU)

  • Jacob Issokson

    New York University

  • Ido Levy

    New York University (NYU), New York University

  • Maryam Barzegar

    New York University

  • William Makoto Strickland

    New York University (NYU)

  • Javad Shabani

    New York University