Spontaneous vortex state and $\varphi$-junction in a superconducting bijunction with a localized spin

A Josephson bijunction made of three superconductors connected by a quantum dot is considered in the regime where the dot carries a magnetic moment. In the range of parameters where such a dot, if inserted in a two-terminal Josephson junction, creates a $\pi$-shift of the phase, the bijunction forming a triangular unit is frustrated. This frustration is studied both within a phenomenological and a microscopic model. Frustration stabilizes a phase vortex centered on the dot, with two degenerate states carrying opposite vorticities, independently of the direction of the magnetic moment. Embedding the bijunction in a superconducting loop allows to create a tunable "$\varphi$"-junction whose equilibrium phase can take any value. For large enough inductance, it generates noninteger spontaneous flux. Multi-loop configurations are also studied.

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Source ISSN: 1098-0121
Author Feinberg, Denis, Balseiro, C. A.
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 5, 2026, 10:03 (UTC)
Created May 5, 2026, 10:03 (UTC)
Identifier hal-00997570
Language en
contributor Théorie Quantique des Circuits (NEEL - ThQC) ; Institut Néel (NEEL) ; Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
creator Feinberg, Denis
date 2014-08-05T00:00:00
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harvest_source_title test moissonnage SELUNE
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