Blockade and counterflow supercurrent in exciton-condensate Josephson junctions

Phys Rev Lett. 2010 Jan 15;104(2):027004. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.027004. Epub 2010 Jan 14.

Abstract

We demonstrate that perfect conversion between charged supercurrents in superconductors and neutral supercurrents in electron-hole pair condensates is possible via a new Andreev-like scattering mechanism. As a result, when two superconducting circuits are coupled through a bilayer exciton condensate, the superflow in both layers is drastically modified. Depending on the phase biases the supercurrents can be completely blocked or exhibit perfect drag.