Fractional boundary charges with quantized slopes in interacting one- and two-dimensional systems

no code implementations • 25 Jan 2021 • Katharina Laubscher, Clara S. Weber, Dante M. Kennes, Mikhail Pletyukhov, Herbert Schoeller, Daniel Loss, Jelena Klinovaja

First, we study strongly interacting nanowires subjected to a periodic potential with a period that is a rational fraction of the Fermi wavelength.

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Insulating regime of an underdamped current-biased Josephson junction supporting $\mathbb{Z}_3$ and $\mathbb{Z}_4$ parafermions

no code implementations • 16 Dec 2020 • Aleksandr E. Svetogorov, Daniel Loss, Jelena Klinovaja

We study analytically a current-biased topological Josephson junction supporting $\mathbb{Z}_n$ parafermions.

Superconductivity