Posted in August 2016
Supercurrents in chiral channels originate from upstream information transfer: a theoretical prediction
This is the title of (relatively) new arxiv submission, first with Xiao-Li Huang.
It can be found here.
Abstract:
It has been thought that the long chiral edge channels cannot support any supercurrent between the superconducting electrodes. We show theoretically that the supercurrent can be mediated by a non-local interaction that facilitates a long-distance information transfer in the direction opposite to electron flow. We compute the supercurrent for several interaction models, including that of an external circuit.
Nature news and views
Quite unexpectedly, I’ve published something in Nature, specifically in News ans Views:
Quantum physics: Destruction of discrete charge
Electric charge is quantized in units of the electron’s charge. An experiment explores the suppression of charge quantization caused by quantum fluctuations and supports a long-standing theory that explains this behaviour. See Letter p.58
Yuli V. Nazarov
Nature 536, 38–39 (03 August 2016) | doi:10.1038/536038a
Full text can be seen here.