Transparent contact interfaces in superconductor-graphene hybrid systems are critical for realizing superconducting quantum applications. Here, we examine the effect of the edge-contact fabrication process on the transparency of the superconducting aluminum-graphene junction. We show significant improvement in the transparency of our superconductor-graphene junctions by promoting the chemical component of the edge contact etch process. Our results compare favorably with state-of-the-art graphene Josephson junctions. The findings of our study contribute to advancing the fabrication knowledge of edge-contacted superconductor-graphene junctions.
@article{arxiv.2212.02615,
title = {The study of contact properties in edge-contacted graphene-aluminum Josephson junctions},
author = {Zhujun Huang and Neda Lotfizadeh and Bassel H. Elfeky and Kim Kisslinger and Edoardo Cuniberto and Peng Yu and Mehdi Hatefipour and Takashi Taniguchi and Kenji Watanabe and Javad Shabani and Davood Shahrjerdi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.02615},
year = {2022}
}