Electrically controlled crossover between - and -Josephson effects through topologically-confined channels in silicene
arXiv:1808.02809 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.98.205305
Abstract
We propose a tunable topological Josephson junction in silicene where electrostatic gates could switch between a trivial and a topological junction. These aspects are a consequence of a tunable phase transition of the topologically confined valley-chiral states from a spin-degenerate to a spin-helical regime. We calculate the Andreev bound states in such a junction analytically using a low-energy approximation to the tight-binding model of silicene in proximity to s-wave superconductors as well as numerically in the short- and long-junction regime and in the presence of intervalley scattering. Combining topologically trivial and non-trivial regions, we show how intervalley scattering can be effectively switched on and off within the Josephson junction. This constitutes a topological Josephson junction with an electrically tunable quasiparticle poisoning source.
arXiv comment13 pages, 8 figures
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