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The addition of nonlinearity to an harmonic resonator provides a route to complex dynamical behaviour of resonant modes, including coupling between them. We present a superconducting device that makes use of the nonlinearity of Josephson…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-02-10 G. Tancredi , G. Ithier , P. J. Meeson

We propose nanoscale magnetometry via isolated single-spin qubits as a probe of superconductivity in two-dimensional materials. We characterize the magnetic field noise at the qubit location, arising from current and spin fluctuations in…

A singularity at the Josephson frequency in the noise spectral density of a disordered normal metal -- superconductor junction is predicted for bias voltages below the superconducting gap. The non-stationary Aharonov-Bohm effect, recently…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Gordey B. Lesovik , Thierry Martin , Julien Torres

Motivated by recent surprising experimental results for the noise output of superconducting microfabricated resonators used in quantum computing applications and astronomy, we develop a fully quantum theoretical model to describe quantum…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-27 So Takei , Victor M. Galitski , Kevin D. Osborn

We present a theory for the frequency-dependent current fluctuations in superconducting quantum point-contacts (SQPC) within the dc transport regime. This theory is valid for any barrier transparency between the tunnel and ballistic limits,…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 A. Martin-Rodero , A. Levy Yeyati , F. J. Garcia-Vidal

We study the dynamics of a mechanical resonator parametrically coupled to a driven dissipative quantum emitter in the ultra-strong coupling regime. We show that this regime is fully compatible with a semi-classical treatment, and we derive…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-16 Cyril Elouard , Benjamin Besga , Alexia Auffèves

We study the dynamics of a Josephson junction connected to a dc current supply via a distributed parameter capacitor, which serves as a resonator. We reveal multistability in the current-voltage characteristic of the system; this…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2018-02-07 Denis S. Goldobin , Lyudmila S. Klimenko

We discuss the use of a hysteretic Josephson junction to detect current fluctuations with frequencies below the plasma frequency of the junction. These adiabatic fluctuations are probed by switching measurements observing the noise-affected…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-03-29 J. T. Peltonen , A. V. Timofeev , M. Meschke , J. P. Pekola

In addition to the usual superconducting current, Josephson junctions (JJs) support a phase-dependent conductance related to the retardation effect of tunneling quasi-particles. This introduces a dissipative current with a memory-resistive…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-10 Forrest Sheldon , Sebastiano Peotta , Massimiliano Di Ventra

We report the theoretical investigation of noise spectrum of spin current and spin transfer torque for non-colinear spin polarized transport in a spin-valve device which consists of normal scattering region connected by two ferromagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Yunjin Yu , Hongxin Zhan , Langhui Wan , Bin Wang , Yadong Wei , Qingfeng Sun , Jian Wang

Mesoscopic superconducting-normal-metal-superconducting (S-N-S) junctions with a large separation between the superconducting electrodes (i.e. wide junctions) exhibit nonequilibrium supercurrents, even at temperatures for which the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 Nathan Argaman

Superconducting qubits typically use a dispersive readout scheme, where a resonator is coupled to a qubit such that its frequency is qubit-state dependent. Measurement is performed by driving the resonator, where the transmitted resonator…

We present a theoretical analysis of the effect of inelastic electron scattering on current and its fluctuations in a mesoscopic quantum dot (QD) connected to two leads, based on a recently developed nonperturbative technique involving the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Bing Dong , H. L. Cui , X. L. Lei , Norman J. M. Horing

We predict theoretically and observe in experiment that the differential conductance of a superconducting SET transistor exhibits a peak which is a complete analogue in a macroscopic system of a standard resonant tunneling peak associated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 D. V. Averin , A. N. Korotkov , A. J. Manninen , J. P. Pekola

A nanomechanical resonator coupled to a tunnel junction is studied. The oscillator modulates the transmission of the junction, changing the current and the noise spectrum. The influence of the oscillator on the noise spectrum of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Wabnig , J. Rammer , A. L. Shelankov

The measurement of higher order cumulants of the current noise generated by a nonlinear mesoscopic conductor using a Josephson junction as on-chip detector is investigated theoretically. The paper addresses the regime where the noise of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-05-16 Hermann Grabert

We present an analytical and computational study of resonances and transient responses in a classical Josephson junction system. A theoretical basis for resonances in a superconducting loop with three junctions is presented, outlining both…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-03-20 Jeffrey E. Marchese , Matteo Cirillo , Niels Grønbech-Jensen

We propose a microscopic model of critical current noise in Josephson-junctions based on individual trapping-centers in the tunnel barrier hybridized with electrons in the superconducting leads. We calculate the noise exactly in the limit…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-09-19 Rogerio de Sousa , K. Birgitta Whaley , Theresa Hecht , Jan von Delft , Frank K. Wilhelm

Rapid single shot spin readout is a key ingredient for fault tolerant quantum computing with spin qubits. An RF-SET (radio-frequency single electron transistor) is predominantly used as its the readout timescale is far shorter than the spin…

Spectral density of current fluctuations at zero frequency is calculated for a long diffusive SNS junction with low-resistive interfaces. At low temperature, T << Delta, the subgap shot noise approaches linear voltage dependence, S=(2/…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-02-10 E. V. Bezuglyi , E. N. Bratus' , V. S. Shumeiko , G. Wendin
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