Anomalous topology and synthetic flat band in multi-terminal Josephson Junctions

Abstract

Andreev bound states trapped in a multi-terminal Josephson junction (JJ) can be assigned a synthetic band topology owing to their periodic dependence on the Josephson phase bias. We demonstrate that the BdG symmetry adds a twist to this topological character, i.e., gap closing points may or \textit{may not} correspond to change of Chern number, hence extending the standard paradigm for topological bands. We further show that the topology of Andreev bands depends only on the scattering matrix of the junction and is independent of the topological nature of superconductors forming the JJ hence indicating a universal behaviour of multi-terminal JJ. We also show that the chiral junction, supported by quantum Hall state at the junction region, leads to flat Andreev bands (implying absence of DC Josephson effects) that are devoid of Berry curvature ( implying absence of AC Josephson effects). Such electrically inert JJ may be useful for storage of quantum information in future quantum devices.