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We report a unique experimental approach to create topological superconductors by inducing superconductivity into epitaxial metallic thin film with strong spin-orbit coupling. Utilizing molecular beam epitaxy technique under ultra-high…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-03-17 Peng Wei , Ferhat Katmis , Cui-Zu Chang , Jagadeesh S. Moodera

Micro-refrigerators that operate in the sub-kelvin regime are a key device in quantum technology. A well-studied candidate, an electronic cooler using Normal metal - Insulator - Superconductor (NIS) tunnel junctions offers substantial…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-30 H. Q. Nguyen , J. T. Peltonen , M. Meschke , J. P. Pekola

A Josephson diode is a superconducting circuit element that enables non-reciprocal transport, allowing a dissipationless supercurrent to preferentially flow in a single direction. Existing methods for achieving the required symmetry…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-11 David Scheer , Rubén Seoane Souto , Fabian Hassler , Jeroen Danon

In this paper, we have built a numerical p-n Si/GaAs heterojunction model using a quantum-mechanical tunneling theory with various quantum tunneling interfacial materials including two-dimensional semiconductors such as hexagonal boron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-26 Md Nazmul Hasan , Chenxi Li , Junyu Lai , Jung-Hun Seo

The measurement of superconductivity at above 200K in compressed samples of hydrogen sulfide and lanthanum hydride at 250K is reinvigorating the search for conventional high temperature superconductors. At the same time it exposes a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-10-02 Chris J. Pickard , Ion Errea , Mikhail I. Eremets

Recently, moir\'{e} superlattices have attracted considerable attentions because they are found to exhibit intriguing electronic phenomena of tunable Mott insulators and unconventional superconductivity. These phenomena are highly related…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-09 Henan Fang , Mingwen Xiao

Transition metal oxides show fascinating physical properties such as high temperature superconductivity, ferro- and antiferromagnetism, ferroelectricity or even multiferroicity. The enormous progress in oxide thin film technology allows us…

Airbridges are essential for creating high-performance, low-parasitic interconnects in integrated circuits and quantum devices. Conventional multi-step fabrication methods hinder miniaturization and introduce process-related defects. We…

Diverse parallel stitched two-dimensional heterostructures are synthesized, including metal-semiconductor (graphene-MoS2), semiconductor-semiconductor (WS2-MoS2), and insulator-semiconductor (hBN-MoS2), directly through selective sowing of…

Superconductor-Metal-Insulator crossover in disordered thin films is discussed on the basis of a random junction-network model.

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 O. Narikiyo

We describe the use of laser-enhanced etching of fused silica in order to build multi-layer ion traps. This technique offers high precision of both machining and alignment of adjacent wafers. As examples of designs taking advantage of this…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Simon Ragg , Chiara Decaroli , Thomas Lutz , Jonathan P. Home

We investigate the transport properties of a junction consisting of an electron-hole bilayer in contact with normal and superconducting leads. The electron-hole bilayer is considered as a semi-metal with two electronic bands. We assume that…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-08-09 D. Bercioux , T. M. Klapwijk , F. S. Bergeret

We consider a superconducting persistent-current qubit consisting of a three-junction superconducting loop in an applied magnetic field. We show that by choosing the field, Josephson couplings, and offset charges suitably, we can perfectly…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 Rakesh P. Tiwari , D. Stroud

Superconducting circuits are a promising platform for implementing fault-tolerant quantum computers, quantum limited amplifiers, ultra-low power superconducting electronics, and sensors with ultimate sensitivity. Typically, circuit…

We study pentanedithiol molecular junctions formed by means of the break-junction technique with a scanning tunneling microscope at low temperatures. Using inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy and first-principles calculations, the…

Graphene is a sturdy and chemically inert material exhibiting an exposed two-dimensional electron gas of high mobility. These combined properties enable the design of graphene composites either based on covalent or non- covalent coupling of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-19 Adrien Allain , Zheng Han , Vincent Bouchiat

The development of superconducting qubit technology has shown great potential for the construction of practical quantum computers. As the complexity of quantum processors continues to grow, the need for stringent fabrication tolerances…

We consider a hybrid system consisting of two normal metal leads weakly connected to a superconductor. Current-current correlations of the normal leads are studied in the tunneling limit at subgap voltages and temperatures. We find that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Bignon , M. Houzet , F. Pistolesi , F. W. J. Hekking

We report a reproducible technique for the fabrication of sharp superconducting Nb tips for scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and scanning tunneling spectroscopy. Sections of Nb wire with 250 $\mu$m diameter are dry etched in an SF$_6$…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 A. Roychowdhury , R. Dana , M. Dreyer , J. R. Anderson , C. J. Lobb , F. C. Wellstood

We revisit the problem of point-contact tunnel junctions involving one-dimensional superconductors and present a simple scheme for computing the full current-voltage characteristics within the framework of the non-equilibrium Keldysh Green…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 C. J. Bolech , T. Giamarchi