Directional conductance of Andreev crystals in hybrid Josephson junction arrays
Anders Enevold Dahl, Andrea Maiani, Max Geier, Javad Shabani, Karsten Flensberg
DOI 10.1103/zrt6-971d · Physical Review B
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Abstract
Andreev bound states are coherent electron-hole superpositions that form in a normal metal through repeated Andreev reflection at a superconducting interface. When the length of a superconducting segment is comparable to the coherence length, the bound states on opposite sides of the segment hybridize through quasiparticle tunneling. In a periodic array, these hybridized Andreev bound states form energy bands below the superconducting gap. We develop a theoretical framework for transport in such Andreev crystals. We demonstrate that, at high interface transparency, a constant phase bias between neighboring superconductors renders the bands directional: one band contains only right-moving and the other only left-moving electronic states. This property leads to a directional conductance that enables the device to operate as a flux- and bias-voltage-tunable filter that allows signal transmission in only one direction.
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