Robust 1D proximity supercondcutivity along graphene domain walls in quantizing fields

ORAL

Abstract

Extensive efforts have been undertaken to combine superconductivity and the quantum Hall effect so that Cooper-pair transport between superconducting electrodes in Josephson junctions is mediated by quantized edge states. This interest is currently motivated mainly by the prospect of creating topologically-protected quasiparticles but also extends into metrology and device applications. So far, it has proven challenging to achieve detectable supercurrents through quantum Hall conductors. Here we show that domain walls in minimally twisted bilayer graphene support robust proximity superconductivity in quantizing fields, allowing junctions with steady (non-oscillatory) critical currents over a several Tesla range approaching the upper critical field. The supercurrent is limited only by the quantum conductance of ballistic 1D channels residing inside the walls. Our findings offer an interesting avenue for exploring both fundamental physics and device applications.

Publication: V. V. Enaldiev, C. Moulsdale, A. K. Geim, V. I. Fal'ko, arXiv:2307.14293 (2023)
J. Barrier et al. submitted (2023)

Presenters

  • Julien Barrier

    ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences

Authors

  • Julien Barrier

    ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences

  • Na Xin

    University of Manchester

  • Minsoo Kim

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  • Roshan Krishna Kumar

    ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Av. Carl Friedrich Gauss 3, 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain, ICFO

  • Piranavan Kumaravadivel

    Univ of Manchester

  • Lee Hague

    University of Manchester

  • Alexey Berdyugin

    National University of Singapore

  • Christian Moulsdale

    University of Manchester

  • Vladimir Enaldiev

    University of Manchester, university of manchester

  • Irina Grigorieva

    University of Manchester

  • Leonid Glazman

    Yale University

  • Jonathan R Prance

    Lancaster University

  • Vladimir Falko

    University of Manchester

  • Andre K Geim

    Manchester University, University of Manchester