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Probing Fermi Sea Topology by Andreev State Transport.

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We show that the topology of the Fermi sea of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) is reflected in the ballistic Landauer transport along a long and narrow Josephson π junction… Click to show full abstract

We show that the topology of the Fermi sea of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) is reflected in the ballistic Landauer transport along a long and narrow Josephson π junction that proximitizes the 2DEG. The low-energy Andreev states bound to the junction are shown to exhibit a dispersion that is sensitive to the Euler characteristic of the Fermi sea (χ_{F}). We highlight two important relations: one connects the electron or hole nature of Andreev states to the convex or concave nature of Fermi surface critical points, and one relates these critical points to χ_{F}. We then argue that the transport of Andreev states leads to a quantized conductance that probes χ_{F}. An experiment is proposed to measure this effect, from which we predict an I-V characteristic that not only captures the topology of the Fermi sea in metals, but also resembles the rectification effect in diodes. Finally, we evaluate the feasibility of measuring this quantized response in graphene, InAs and HgTe 2DEGs.

Keywords: topology; transport; andreev states; fermi sea

Journal Title: Physical review letters
Year Published: 2022

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