Vortex control in superconducting Corbino geometry networks

authored by: T. Okugawa, S. Park, P. Recher, D. M. Kennes
Abstract: In superconductors, vortices induced by a magnetic field are nucleated where some random fluctuations determine the nucleation position, and then may be pinned by impurities or boundaries, impeding the development of vortex-based quantum devices. Here, we propose a superconducting structure, which allows to nucleate and control vortices on-demand by controlling magnetic fields and currents. Using time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory, we study a driven vortex motion in two-dimensional Corbino geometries of superconductor-normal metal-superconductor Josephson junctions. We remedy the randomness of nucleation by introducing normal conducting rails to the Corbino disk to guide the nucleation process and motion of vortices towards the junction. We elaborate on the consequences of rail-vortex and vortex-vortex interactions to the quantization of resistance across the junction. Finally, we simulate the nucleations and manipulations of two and four vortices in Corbino networks, and discuss its application to Majorana zero mode braiding operations. Our study provides a potential route towards quantum computation with non-Abelian anyons.
External Organisation(s): RWTH Aachen University
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
Type: Article
Journal: Physical Review B
Volume: 106
ISSN: 2469-9950
Publication date: 01.07.2022
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Condensed Matter Physics
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.106.024501 (Access: Open)
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.106.024501 (Access: Closed)

BibTeX

@article{5323034b0edb4fcda32bd749f48295fb,
title = "Vortex control in superconducting Corbino geometry networks",
abstract = "In superconductors, vortices induced by a magnetic field are nucleated where some random fluctuations determine the nucleation position, and then may be pinned by impurities or boundaries, impeding the development of vortex-based quantum devices. Here, we propose a superconducting structure, which allows to nucleate and control vortices on-demand by controlling magnetic fields and currents. Using time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory, we study a driven vortex motion in two-dimensional Corbino geometries of superconductor-normal metal-superconductor Josephson junctions. We remedy the randomness of nucleation by introducing normal conducting rails to the Corbino disk to guide the nucleation process and motion of vortices towards the junction. We elaborate on the consequences of rail-vortex and vortex-vortex interactions to the quantization of resistance across the junction. Finally, we simulate the nucleations and manipulations of two and four vortices in Corbino networks, and discuss its application to Majorana zero mode braiding operations. Our study provides a potential route towards quantum computation with non-Abelian anyons.",
author = "T. Okugawa and S. Park and P. Recher and Kennes, {D. M.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) via RTG 1995 and Germany's Excellence Strategy - Cluster of Excellence Matter and Light for Quantum Computing (ML4Q) EXC 2004/1 - 390534769 as well as via Germany's Excellence Strategy-EXC-2123 QuantumFrontiers-390837967. Simulations were performed with computing resources granted by RWTH Aachen University under Project No. rwth0601 and rwth0507.",
year = "2022",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevB.106.024501",
language = "English",
volume = "106",
journal = "Physical Review B",
issn = "2469-9950",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics",
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