Evidence of Josephson coupling in a few-layer black phosphorus planar Josephson junction

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2110.02877v1
• Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2021 16:06:58 GMT
• Title: Evidence of Josephson coupling in a few-layer black phosphorus planar Josephson junction
• Authors: Francesca Telesio, Matteo Carrega, Giulio Cappelli, Andrea Iorio, Alessandro Crippa, Elia Strambini, Francesco Giazotto, Manuel Serrano-Ruiz, Maurizio Peruzzini, and Stefan Heun
• Abstract summary: We show evidence of Josephson coupling in a planar few-layer black Phosphorus junction. Clear signatures of Josephson coupling are demonstrated by measuring supercurrent flow through the junction at milli Kelvin temperatures. These findings represent the first evidence of proximity Josephson coupling in a planar junction based on a van der Waals material beyond graphene.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Setting up strong Josephson coupling in van der Waals materials in close proximity to superconductors offers several opportunities both to inspect fundamental physics and to develop novel cryogenic quantum technologies. Here we show evidence of Josephson coupling in a planar few-layer black Phosphorus junction. The planar geometry allows us to probe the junction behavior by means of external gates, at different carrier concentrations. Clear signatures of Josephson coupling are demonstrated by measuring supercurrent flow through the junction at milli Kelvin temperatures. Manifestation of Fraunhofer pattern with a transverse magnetic field is also reported, confirming the Josephson coupling. These findings represent the first evidence of proximity Josephson coupling in a planar junction based on a van der Waals material beyond graphene and open the way to new studies, exploiting the peculiar properties of exfoliated black phosphorus thin flakes.

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