Nonlocal Josephson Effect in Andreev Molecules

J-D Pillet1,2, V Benzoni1, J Griesmar1

  • 1Φ0, JEIP, USR 3573 CNRS , Collège de France, PSL University , 11, place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.

Nano Letters
|August 30, 2019
PubMed
Summary

We introduce the Andreev molecule, an artificial quantum system of coupled Josephson junctions. This system exhibits nonlocal supercurrent control, enabling novel quantum applications.

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