Ballistic superconductivity and tunable pi-junctions in InSb quantum wells

Chung Ting Ke, Christian M. Moehle, Folkert K. de Vries, Candis Thomas, Sara Metti, Charles R. Guinn, Mario Lodari, Giordano Scappucci, Srijit Goswami*, More Authors

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Abstract

Planar Josephson junctions (JJs) made in semiconductor quantum wells with large spin-orbit coupling are capable of hosting topological superconductivity. Indium antimonide (InSb) two-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) are particularly suited for this due to their large Landé g-factor and high carrier mobility, however superconducting hybrids in these 2DEGs remain unexplored. Here we create JJs in high quality InSb 2DEGs and provide evidence of ballistic superconductivity over micron-scale lengths. A Zeeman field produces distinct revivals of the supercurrent in the junction, associated with a 0−π transition. We show that these transitions can be controlled by device design, and tuned in-situ using gates. A comparison between experiments and the theory of ballistic π-Josephson junctions gives excellent quantitative agreement. Our results therefore establish InSb quantum wells as a promising new material platform to study the interplay between superconductivity, spin-orbit interaction and magnetism.

Original languageEnglish
Article number3764
JournalNature Communications
Volume10
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

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