Heteroatomic Andreev molecule in a superconducting island-double quantum dot hybrid

Autor: Kürtössy, Olivér, Bodócs, Mihály, Moca, Cătălin Paşcu, Scherübl, Zoltán, Nikodem, Ella, Kanne, Thomas, Nygård, Jesper, Zaránd, Gergely, Makk, Péter, Csonka, Szabolcs
Rok vydání: 2024
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
Popis: Topological superconductors (SCs) hold great promise for fault-tolerant quantum hardware, however, their experimental realization is very challenging. Recently, superconducting artificial molecules (Andreev molecules) have opened new avenues to engineer topological superconducting materials. In this work, we demonstrate a heteroatomic Andreev molecule, where two normal artificial atoms realized by quantum dots (QDs) are coupled by a superconducting island (SCI). We show that the two normal atoms strongly hybridize and form a 3-electron-based molecular state. Our density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) calculations explain quantitatively the robust binding of electrons. The tunability of the structure allows us to drive a quantum phase transition from an antiferromagnetic Andreev molecular state to a heteroatomic Andreev molecule with ferromagnetically coupled QDs using simple electrical gating.
Databáze: arXiv