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Evidence for $π$-shifted Cooper quartets and few-mode transport in PbTe nanowire three-terminal Josephson junctions (2312.17703v3)

Published 29 Dec 2023 in cond-mat.mes-hall and cond-mat.supr-con

Abstract: Josephson junctions are typically characterized by a single phase difference across two superconductors. This conventional two-terminal Josephson junction can be generalized to a multi-terminal device where the Josephson energy contains terms with contributions from multiple independent phase variables. Such multi-terminal Josephson junctions (MTJJs) are being considered as platforms for engineering effective Hamiltonians with non-trivial topologies, such as Weyl crossings and higher-order Chern numbers. These prospects rely on the ability to create MTJJs with non-classical multi-terminal couplings in which only a few quantum modes are populated. Here, we demonstrate these requirements in a three-terminal Josephson junction fabricated on selective-area-grown (SAG) PbTe nanowires. We observe signatures of a $\pi$-shifted Josephson effect, consistent with inter-terminal couplings mediated by four-particle quantum states called Cooper quartets. We further observe supercurrent co-existent with a non-monotonic evolution of the conductance with gate voltage, indicating transport mediated by a few quantum modes in both two- and three-terminal devices.

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