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超导原子接触中Andreev对的激发

Exciting Andreev pairs in a superconducting atomic contact

L. Bretheau, Ç. Ö. Girit, Hugues Pothier, D. Esteve, C. Urbina

摘要:

约瑟夫森效应描述了超导电流在两个超导体之间的弱连接中的流动,例如隧道结,纳米线或分子。它是各种电路和设备的基础,应用范围从医学到量子信息。目前,使用约瑟夫森电路的实验表现得像人造原子一样,正在彻底改变我们探索和利用量子物理定律的方式。在微观上,超导电流由Andreev对态携带,Andreev对态位于弱连接处。这些状态以双重态的形式出现,并且在超导能隙内具有能量。现有的约瑟夫森电路仅基于每个偶极子的基态的性质,并且到目前为止还没有直接检测到激发态。在这里,我们通过超导原子接触的光谱测量来确定它们的存在。光谱取决于原子的组态和超导体之间的相位差,与理论完全一致。Andreev二重态可以用来在新型超导量子比特中编码信息。

英文摘要:

The Josephson effect describes the flow of supercurrent in a weak link, such as a tunnel junction, nanowire, or molecule, between two superconductors. It is the basis for a variety of circuits and devices, with applications ranging from medicine to quantum information. Currently, experiments using Josephson circuits that behave like artificial atoms are revolutionizing the way we probe and exploit the laws of quantum physics. Microscopically, the supercurrent is carried by Andreev pair states, which are localized at the weak link. These states come in doublets and have energies inside the superconducting gap. Existing Josephson circuits are based on properties of just the ground state of each doublet and so far the excited states have not been directly detected. Here we establish their existence through spectroscopic measurements of superconducting atomic contacts. The spectra, which depend on the atomic configuration and on the phase difference between the superconductors, are in complete agreement with theory. Andreev doublets could be exploited to encode information in novel types of superconducting qubits.

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