Electrically controlled crossover between 2π and 4π Josephson effects through topologically confined channels in silicene
Daniel Frombach, Sunghun Park, Alexander Schroer, Patrik Recher
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.98.205305 · Physical Review B
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Abstract
We propose a tunable topological Josephson junction in silicene where electrostatic gates could switch between a trivial and a topological junction. These aspects are a consequence of a tunable phase transition of the topologically confined valley-chiral states from a spin-degenerate to a spin-helical regime. We calculate the Andreev bound states in such a junction analytically using a low-energy approximation to the tight-binding model of silicene in proximity to s-wave superconductors as well as numerically in the short- and long-junction regime and in the presence of intervalley scattering. Combining topologically trivial and nontrivial regions, we show how intervalley scattering can be effectively switched on and off within the Josephson junction. This constitutes a topological Josephson junction with an electrically tunable quasiparticle poisoning source.
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