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Josephson tunnel junctions with the strong ferromagnetic alloy $\Fe_{0.75}\Co_{0.25}$ as the barrier material were studied. The junctions were prepared with high quality down to a thickness range of a few monolayers of Fe-Co. An oscillation…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-05-07 D. Sprungmann , K. Westerholt , H. Zabel , M. Weides , H. Kohlstedt

We calculate the dc supercurrent through a Josephson tunnel junction consisting of an antiferromagnetic (AF) interlayer sandwiched between two d-wave superconductors (d). Such d/AF/d junctions exhibit a rich dependence of the Josephson…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 Brian M. Andersen , Yu. S. Barash , S. Graser , P. J. Hirschfeld

We study Josephson current in superconductor / diffusive ferromagnet /superconductor junctions by using the recursive Green function method. When the exchange potential in a ferromagnet is sufficiently large as compared to the pair…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-11-10 Yasuhiro Asano , Yuki Sawa , Yukio Tanaka , Alexander A. Golubov

We have investigated the zero-field critical supercurrent of YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ bridges patterned from 50 nm thick films as a function of bridge width, ranging from 2 $\mu$m to 50 nm. The critical current density monotonically…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-03-07 Shahid Nawaz , Riccardo Arpaia , Floriana Lombardi , Thilo Bauch

We consider a superconducting loop with two weak links that encloses a magnetic flux. The weak links are unequal and are treated as Josephson junctions with non-sinusoidal phase dependence. We devise a model that takes into account the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 Jorge Berger

We carry out an extensive experimental and theoretical study of the Josephson effect in S-N-S junctions made of a diffusive normal metal (N) embedded between two superconducting electrodes (S). Our experiments are performed on Nb-Cu-Nb…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 P. Dubos , H. Courtois , B. Pannetier , F. K. Wilhelm , A. D. Zaikin , G. Schon

Based on the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations, we provide an exact numerical solution for the critical current of Josephson junctions with a composite ferromagnetic bilayer. We demonstrate that for the antiparallel orientation of the magnetic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-01-01 Hao Meng , Yajie Ren , Javier E. Villegas , A. I. Buzdin

We experimentally studied the Josephson supercurrent in Nb/InN-nanowire/Nb junctions. Large critical currents up to 5.7 $\mu$A have been achieved, which proves the good coupling of the nanowire to the superconductor. The effect of a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 R. Frielinghaus , I. E. Batov , M. Weides , H. Kohlstedt , R. Calarco , Th. Schaepers

We present transport measurements on long diffusive graphene-based Josephson junctions. Several junctions are made on a single-domain crystal of CVD graphene and feature the same contact width of ~9$\mu$m but vary in length from 400 to 1000…

We have probed the superconducting proximity effect through long high-quality monocrystalline Ag nanowires, by realizing Josephson junctions of different lengths, with different superconducting materials. Thanks to the high number of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-04 A. Murani , S. Sengupta , A. Kasumov , R. Deblock , Caroline Celle , J-P. Simonato , H. Bouchiat , S. Guéron

Motivated by recent progress in development of cryogenic memory compatible with single flux quantum (SFQ) circuits we have performed a theoretical study of magnetic SIsFS Josephson junctions, where 'S' is a bulk superconductor, 's' is a…

We theoretically study static and dynamic properties of short Josephson junctions (JJ) with singlet and triplet Josephson coupling. In singlet Josephson weak links, two singlet superconductors S are connected with each other by a normal…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-08-15 Andreas Moor , Anatoly F. Volkov

We have studied mesoscopic Josephson junctions formed by highly $n$-doped InAs nanowires and superconducting Ti/Pb source and drain leads. The current-voltage properties of the system are investigated by varying temperature and external…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-26 J. Paajaste , M. Amado , S. Roddaro , F. S. Bergeret , D. Ercolani , L. Sorba , F. Giazotto

We investigate Superconductor/Ferromagnet (S/F) hybrid structures in the dirty limit, described by the Usadel equations. More precisely, the oscillations of the critical temperature and critical current with the thickness of the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Faure , A. I. Buzdin , A. A. Golubov , M. Yu. Kupriyanov

We study theoretically the properties of SIFS type Josephson junctions composed of two superconducting (S) electrodes separated by an insulating layer (I) and a ferromagnetic (F) film consisting of periodic magnetic domains structure with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-09-30 S. V. Bakurskiy , A. A. Golubov , N. V. Klenov , M. Yu. Kupriyanov , I. I. Soloviev

We consider a SFS Josephson junction made of two superconductors S and a multidomain ferromagnet F with an in-plane magnetization. We assume that the neighboring domains of the ferromagnet are separated by Neel domain walls. An…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 Ya. V. Fominov , A. F. Volkov , K. B. Efetov

We present measurements of Josephson junctions containing three magnetic layers with noncolinear magnetizations. The junctions are of the form $S/F^{\prime}/N/F/N/F^{\prime \prime}/S$, where $S$ is superconducting Nb, $F^\prime$ is either a…

Josephson superconducting qubits and parametric amplifiers are prominent examples of superconducting quantum circuits that have shown rapid progress in recent years. With the growing complexity of such devices, the requirements for…

We report on the fabrication and measurements of planar mesoscopic Josephson junctions formed by InAs nanowires coupled to superconducting Nb terminals. The use of Si-doped InAs-nanowires with different bulk carrier concentrations allowed…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-05-11 H. Y. Gunel , I. E. Batov , H. Hardtdegen , K. Sladek , A. Winden , K. Weis , G. Panaitov , D. Gruetzmacher , Th. Schaepers

We fabricated high quality $\Nb/\Al_2\O_3/\Ni_{0.6}\Cu_{0.4}/\Nb$ superconductor-insulator-ferromagnet-superconductor Josephson tunnel junctions. Depending on the thickness of the ferromagnetic $\Ni_{0.6}\Cu_{0.4}$ layer and on the ambient…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Weides , M. Kemmler , H. Kohlstedt , A. Buzdin , E. Goldobin , D. Koelle , R. Kleiner