Triplet-blockaded Josephson supercurrent in double quantum dots

  • Daniël Bouman ,
  • Ruben J. J. van Gulik ,
  • Gorm Steffensen ,
  • Dávid Pataki ,
  • Péter Boross ,
  • Peter Krogstrup ,
  • Jesper Nygård ,
  • Jens Paaske ,
  • András Pályi ,
  • Attila Geresdi

Physical Review B | , Vol 102(22)

Serial double quantum dots created in semiconductor nanostructures provide a versatile platform for investigating two-electron spin quantum states, which can be tuned by electrostatic gating and external magnetic field. In this work, we directly measure the supercurrent reversal between adjacent charge states of an InAs nanowire double quantum dot with superconducting leads, in good agreement with theoretical models. In the even charge parity sector, we observe a supercurrent blockade with increasing magnetic field, corresponding to the spin singlet to triplet transition. Our results demonstrate a direct spin to supercurrent conversion, which can be exploited in hybrid quantum architectures coupling the quantum states of spin systems and superconducting circuits.