Voltage-Tuned Anomalous-Metal to Metal Transition in Hybrid Josephson Junction Arrays
We report on voltage-tuned phase transitions in arrays of hybrid semiconductor-superconductor islands arranged in a square lattice. A double-layer electrostatic gate geometry enables independent tuning of interisland coupling and proximity-induced superconductivity. This design enables access to the superconductor-insulator, superconductor-metal, and metal-insulator transitions in a single device, revealing critical points and emergent intermediate phases. We find that the superconductor-insulator transition is interrupted by an anomalous metallic phase with saturating low-temperature resistivity. Across gate voltages, this regime extends over 3 orders of magnitude in resistivity and can be continuously tuned into the conventional metallic phase. The signature of the anomalous metallic phase is suppressed by magnetic frustration.
Authors
- Lars Olsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-7130)
- C. M. Marcus
- Maria Efthymiou-Tsironi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8395-1562)
- Satyaki Sasmal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2496-3720)
- Gunjan Nagda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7199-2033)
- S. Vaitiekėnas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5007-461X)
- Emma Fugl
Institutions
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- University of Salento (IT)
- University of Washington (US)
- Czech Academy of Sciences (CZ)
- FZU ‒ Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (CZ)
- University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Published
- 2025-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/xbm4-37cf
- Primary Topic
- Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Villum Fonden
- National Research Foundation
- Danmarks Grundforskningsfond
- Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy