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Edge states in lateral p-n junctions in inverted-band HgTe quantum wells
Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 2017. Vol. 96. No. 245417. P. 1–10.
Piatrusha S. U., Khrapai V., Kvon Z. D., Mikhailov N. N., Dvoretsky S. A., Tikhonov E.
We investigate lateral p−n junctions, electrostatically defined in 14-nm-wide HgTe-based quantum wells (QWs) with inverted band structure. The p−n junction resistances are close to h/2e2, consistent with some previous experiments on 8–10nm QWs, and the current-voltage characteristics are highly linear, indicating the transport via ballistic helical edge states. Shot noise measurements are performed in order to further verify the underlying transport mechanism. We discuss the role of unknown inelastic relaxation rates in the leads and in the edge channels for the correct interpretation of the noise data. Although the interpretation in favor of the helical edge states seems more consistent, a definite conclusion cannot be drawn based on the present experiment. Our approach looks promising for the study of short quasiballistic edges in topological insulators in suitable geometry.
Dmitriev A., Kornilov V., Batienkov R., Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 2026 Vol. 886 P. 249–255
Numerous studies have provided compelling evidence that the probability distribution of avalanche sizes follows a power law, and that 1/f noise is present in the stochastic dynamics of landslides. We present a theoretical explanation of these phenomena within the framework of self-organized criticality theory, proposing a discrete-time model in the form of a sandpile cellular ...
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Dmitriev A., Shulman I., Lebedev A., Studies in Computational Intelligence 2026 Vol. 1265 P. 266–273
A discrete-time model is presented for the self-organization of the X/Twitter social network to the edge of a phase transition, characterized by avalanche-like propagation of information in the network. The model is based on the analogy between the critical dynamics of the X social network and sandpile cellular automata with Manna rule on the Chung-Lu ...
Added: October 13, 2026
Arutyunov K., Kharitonov I. A., Petrosyants K. O., JETP Letters 2026 Vol. 124 No. 6 P. 1–16
Superconducting properties of metallic micro- and nanowires can be entirely different from those of bulk superconductors. Of particular interest is the nonequilibrium current-induced state of a quasi-one-dimensional superconducting channel. The most interesting phenomenon here is the stepped I–V characteristic, explained by a process known as phase slip center activation. If the origin of such step-like ...
Added: October 13, 2026
Makarov D. M., Kalikin N., Fashchevsky K. A. et al., Electrochimica Acta 2026 Vol. 579 Article 150159
Machine learning (ML) has become a powerful tool for accelerating the development of carbon-based supercapacitors;
however, most published models assume that a single predictive framework can describe both conventional
porous carbons and hybrid carbon electrodes. Here, we test this assumption using a comprehensive
benchmark dataset and an extended literature-curated dataset enriched with synthesis- and electrolyte-related
descriptors. Three ML algorithms ...
Added: October 13, 2026
Махлуф М., Ozhegov R., Elezov M. et al., Фотоника 2026 Vol. 20 No. 6 P. 414–423
This paper compares the ranging precision of direct time-of-flight (dToF) and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) LiDAR architectures, both using a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD). Both systems operate at 1550 nm with a 50 ps pulsed laser and time-correlated single-photon counting (TCSPC). The dToF configuration achieved approximately 100 µm precision at 10 m, while the NLOS configuration achieved 500 µm precision for ...
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Singapore: Springer, 2026.
This volume presents the Proceedings of the 34th IUPAP Conference on Computational Physics (CCP2023), held in Kobe, Japan on August 4–8, 2023. It offers a collection of peer-reviewed articles that highlight recent developments in computational and simulation research across various areas of physics. Key topics include the use of data science, quantum computing, and machine ...
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Goncharov A., Chibisov A., Advanced Theory and Simulations 2023 Vol. 12 No. 13 Article 2200816
Designing stable quantum computers with the ability to correct errors responsibly requires a detailed understanding of the physical processes that underlie these devices. In this study, detailed quantum mechanical simulations of the atomic structure, charge distribution of electron density, and distribution and orientation of magnetic and quantum states as a function of applied external pressure ...
Added: October 11, 2026
Chibisov A., Gnidenko A., Chibisova M. et al., FlatChem 2023 Vol. 41 Article 100533
Manufacturing precise quantum computers with small errors in quantum operations, long coherence times, and low power consumption is the most important challenge in modern nanoelectronics. To understand the operating modes of such calculators in detail, both the optimal arrangement of the qubit system within the structure and changes in its magnetic properties must be comprehensively ...
Added: October 11, 2026
Denis K., Lavrukhina E. A., Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2021 Vol. 2103 Article 012201
A model of quasistationary states is constructed for the one-dimensional edge states propagating along the edge of a two-dimensional topological insulator based on HgTe/CdTe quantum well in the presence of magnetic barriers with finite transparency. The lifetimes of these quasistationary states are found analytically and numerically via different approaches including the solution of the stationary ...
Added: September 6, 2026
Denis K., Konakov A. A., Lavrukhina E. A., Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 2022 Vol. 34 Article 405302
A model of bound state formation from the delocalized edge states of 2D topological insulator (TI) is derived by considering the effects of magnetic barriers attached to the edge of the HgTe/CdTe quantum well. The resulting structure has a spatial form of 1D quantum dot (QD) with variable number of bound states depending on barrier ...
Added: September 6, 2026
Khrapai V., Tikhonov E., Nature Physics 2026 P. 1198–1199
Feng et al.1 presented transport measurements of three-terminal normal–superconductor–normal devices based on topological insulator nanowires. They measured the full differential conductance matrix, defined as Gij = ∂Ii /∂Vj , beyond the linear response regime as a function of various control parameters. Here i, j∈ [1, 2] denote normal terminals biased by the voltages V1 and ...
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Lukmanova R.M., Cohn I.A., Minakova V. E. et al., Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2025 Vol. 111 No. 22 Article 224510
The magnetoresistance of superconductor–topological insulator–superconductor structures, with indium as the superconductor and TaSe3 as the topological insulator, shows steplike features on the resistance under magnetic fields. These resistance steps result from the suppression of superconductivity, induced by the superconducting proximity effect in both the bulk and surface states of the topological insulator. The position and ...
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Kirillov S. Y., Klinshov V., Chaos 2025 Vol. 35 No. 9 Article 093117
The Kuramoto model, a paradigmatic framework for studying synchronization, exhibits a transition to collective oscillations only above a critical coupling strength in the thermodynamic limit. However, real-world systems are finite, and their dynamics can deviate significantly from mean-field predictions. Here, we investigate finite-size effects in the Kuramoto model below the critical coupling, where the theory ...
Added: December 22, 2025
Karabassov T., Bobkova I. V., Pavel M. Marychev et al., Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 2025 Vol. 17 P. 15–23
The diode effect in superconducting materials has been actively investigated in recent years. Plenty of different devices have been proposed as a platform to observe the superconducting diode effect. In this work, we discuss the possibility of a highly efficient superconducting diode design with controllable polarity. We propose a mesoscopic device that consists of two ...
Added: December 22, 2025
Flammini R., Hogan C., Colonna S. et al., Applied Physics Reviews 2025 Vol. 12 No. 1 Article 011336
Antimonene, the two-dimensional phase of antimony, appears in two distinct allotropes when epitaxially grown on Bi2Se3: the puckered asymmetric washboard (alpha) and buckled honeycomb (beta) bilayer structures. As-deposited antimony films exhibit varying proportions of single alpha and beta structures. We identify the conditions necessary for ordered, pure-phase growth of single to triple beta-antimonene bilayers. Additionally, ...
Added: September 6, 2025
Piasotski K., Lesser O., Reich A. et al., Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2025 Vol. 111 No. 17 Article 174527
Recent experiments on planar superconductor-topological insulator-superconductor (S-TI-S) junctions, e.g., in the Corbino geometry, have reported low-temperature nonzero Josephson currents in states with integer fluxoid (flux) induced in the junction by a perpendicular magnetic field. This effect was discussed in connection with Majorana zero modes localized in Josephson vortices of such junctions. Here, we provide an ...
Added: May 27, 2025
Alexey A. Sokolik, Yurii E. Lozovik, Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2024 Vol. 109 No. 16 Article 165430
Edge magnetoplasmons arise on a boundary of conducting layers in perpendicular magnetic field due to an interplay of electron cyclotron motion and Coulomb repulsion. Lateral electric field, which confines electrons inside the sample, drives their spiraling motion in magnetic field along the edge with the average drift velocity contributing to the total magnetoplasmon velocity. We ...
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Golubev D., Zaikin A., Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 2023 Vol. 14 P. 61–67
Electrons in two different normal metallic electrodes attached to a sufficiently thin superconducting island may become entangled due to the effect of Cooper pair splitting. This phenomenon is of fundamental importance and may also have serious implications for developing quantum communication technologies. One way to identify Cooper pair splitting is to analyze long-range cross correlations ...
Added: April 17, 2024
E. V. Shpagina, Tikhonov E., Ruhstorfer D. et al., Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2024 Vol. 109 No. 14 Article L140501
We investigate the impact of transport current on the superconducting order parameter in superconducting islands in full-shell epitaxial Al-InAs nanowires. Depending on the device layout, the suppression of superconductivity occurs in three fundamentally different ways-by a critical current in the case of superconducting reservoirs and by a critical voltage or by a critical Joule power ...
Added: April 2, 2024
Timoshuk I., Tikhonov K., Makhlin Y., Scientific Reports 2023 Vol. 13 Article 13263
We analyze propagation of quantum information along chiral Majorana edge states in two-dimensional topological materials. The use of edge states may facilitate the braiding operation, an important ingredient in topological quantum computations. For the edge of the Kitaev honeycomb model in a topological phase, we discuss how the edge states can participate in quantum-information processing, ...
Added: September 14, 2023
Bubis A. V., E. V. Shpagina, Nasibulin A. G. et al., Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 2021 Vol. 104 No. 12 Article 125409
We investigate diffusive nanowire-based structures with two normal terminals on the sides and a central
superconducting island in the middle, which is either grounded or floating. Using a semiclassical calculation
we demonstrate that both device layouts permit a quantitative measurement of the energy dependent subgap
thermal conductance Gth from the spectral density of the current noise. In the ...
Added: April 3, 2023
Denisov A., Bubis A., Piatrusha S. et al., Nanomaterials 2022 Vol. 12 No. 9 Article 1461
Mesoscopic superconductivity deals with various quasiparticle excitation modes, only one of them—the charge-mode—being directly accessible for conductance measurements due to the imbalance in populations of quasi-electron and quasihole excitation branches. Other modes carrying heat or even spin, valley etc. currents populate the branches equally and are charge-neutral, which makes them much harder to control. This ...
Added: April 3, 2023
Backens S., Shnirman A., Makhlin Y., JETP Letters 2022 Vol. 116 No. 12 P. 891–895
We consider Majorana zero modes in a Josephson junction on top of a topological insulator in transverse magnetic field. Majorana zero modes reside at periodically located nodes of Josephson vortices. We find that hybridization of these modes is prohibited by symmetries of the problem at vanishing chemical potential, which ensures better protection of zero modes ...
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Галиуллин А. А., Соболевский О. А., Михайлов Н. Н. et al., В кн.: XXIV Уральская международная зимняя школа по физике полупроводников.: Институт физики металлов им. М.Н. Михеева УрО РАН, 2022. С. 153.
Демонстрируется влияние длины края двумерного топологического изолятора на основе квантовой 8 нм ямы HgTe на нелокальный транспорт. Предложена и реализована геометрия структуры типа длинного края. Показано, что вклад длинного края в кондактанс мал по сравнению с вкладом короткого края. Данная геометрия позволяет полностью поляризовать ток по спину. ...
Added: December 7, 2022