Spin–orbit coupling and anomalous Josephson effect in nanowires

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A superconductor-semiconducting nanowire-superconductor heterostructure in the presence of spin–orbit coupling and magnetic field can support a supercurrent even in the absence of phase difference between the superconducting electrodes. We investigate this phenomenon—the anomalous Josephson effect—employing a model capable of describing many bands in the normal region. We discuss the geometrical and symmetry conditions required to have a finite anomalous supercurrent, and in particular we show that this phenomenon is enhanced when the Fermi level is located close to a band opening in the normal region.
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  • Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (RBFR1236VV)

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