IFISC Seminar on Thursday Jun 02, 2022 at 14:30 Place: IFISC Seminar Room Title: Yu-Shiba-Rusinov subgap excitations in hybrid superconductor/semiconductor nanowires containing quantum dots Speaker: Ramón Aguado , Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC Abstract: <p>The physics of a quantum impurity in a superconductor is governed by the fermionic parity and spin of the two possible ground states, doublet or singlet, and their corresponding Yu-Shiba-Rusinov subgap excitations. After an introduction about their role in hybrid superconductor/semiconductor nanowires containing quantum dots [1], I will focus on semiconducting nanowires fully wrapped by a superconductor where an external magnetic flux gives rise to new regimes hitherto unexplored [2].</p> <p>In the second part, I will discuss the physics of a superconducting qubit whose Josephson energy is governed by a fully tunable quantum dot. Specifically, a circuit QED setup allows to probe both its ground state and quasiparticle dynamics, resulting in, arguably, the most in-depth experimental study of a superconducting quantum impurity to date [3]. These results hold promise for realizing Andreev qubits with long parity lifetimes.</p> <p><strong>[1]</strong> Lee et al Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 186802 (2012); Žitko et al, Phys. Rev. B 91, 045441 (2015); Lee et al, Nature Nanotech., 9, 79-84 (2014). <strong>[2]</strong> Valentini et al, Science 373, 82-88 (2021); Escribano et al, Phys. Rev. B 105, 045418 (2022). <strong>[3]</strong> Bargerbos et al arXiv:2202.12754. PRX Quantum, in press.</p> <p><strong><span style="color:#e74c3c">Note the unusual day of the week.</span></strong> The seminar is presential with parallel zoom stream: https://zoom.us/j/98286706234?pwd=bm1JUFVYcTJkaVl1VU55L0FiWDRIUT09</p>; Url event:https://ifisc.uib-csic.es/en/events/seminars/yu-shiba-rusinov-subgap-excitat...