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We develop a fast Magnetic Josephson Junction (MJJ) - a superconducting ferromagnetic device for a scalable high-density cryogenic memory compatible in speed and fabrication with energy-efficient Single Flux Quantum (SFQ) circuits. We…

As the superconducting qubit platform matures towards ever-larger scales in the race towards a practical quantum computer, limitations due to qubit inhomogeneity through lack of process control become apparent. To benefit from the advanced…

Josephson junctions form the core circuit element in superconducting quantum computing circuits, single flux quantum digital logic circuits, and sensing devices such as SQUIDs. Aluminum oxide has typically been used as the tunnel barrier.…

Josephson junctions form the essential non-linearity for almost all superconducting qubits. The junction is formed when two superconducting electrodes come within $\sim$1 nm of each other. Although the capacitance of these electrodes is a…

The most commonly used physical realization of superconducting qubits for quantum circuits is a transmon. There are a number of superconducting quantum circuits applications, where Josephson junction critical current reproducibility over a…

To increase integration scale of superconductor electronics, we are developing a new, SFQ7ee, node of the fabrication process at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. In comparison to the existing SFQ5ee node, we increased the number of fully planarized…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-12-22 Sergey K. Tolpygo , Ravi Rastogi , Terence Weir , Evan B. Golden , Vladimir Bolkhovsky

Superconductor digital electronics using Josephson junctions as ultrafast switches and magnetic-flux encoding of information was proposed over 30 years ago as a sub-terahertz clock frequency alternative to semiconductor electronics based on…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-06-03 Sergey K. Tolpygo

Made of a thin non-superconducting metal (N) sandwiched by two superconductors (S), SNS Josephson junctions enable novel quantum functionalities by mixing up the intrinsic electronic properties of N with the superconducting correlations…

Measurement of signals generated by superconducting Josephson junction (JJ) circuits require ultra-fast components located in close proximity to the generating circuitry. We report a detailed study of optimal design criteria for a JJ-based…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-03-27 Logan Howe , Bart van Zeghbroeck , David Olaya , John Biesecker , Charles J. Burroughs , Samuel P. Benz , Peter F. Hopkins

To increase density of superconductor digital and neuromorphic circuits by 10x and reach integration scale of $10^8$ Josephson junctions (JJs) per chip, we developed a new fabrication process on 200-mm wafers, using self-shunted…

Josephson junctions (JJ) are a fundamental component of microwave quantum circuits, such as tunable cavities, qubits and parametric amplifiers. Recently developed encapsulated graphene JJs, with supercurrents extending over micron distance…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-08 Felix E. Schmidt , Mark D. Jenkins , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Gary A. Steele

Increasing integration scale of superconductor electronics (SCE) requires employing kinetic inductors and self-shunted Josephson junctions (JJs) for miniaturizing inductors and JJs. We have been developing a ten-superconductor-layer…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-02 Sergey K. Tolpygo , Ravi Rastogi , David Kim , Terence J. Weir , Neel Parmar , Evan B. Golden

The continuous development of superconducting electronics is encouraging several studies on hybrid Josephson junctions (JJs) based on superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor (SFS) heterostructures, as either spintronic devices or…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-01-20 H. G. Ahmad , R. Caruso , A. Pal , G. Rotoli , G. P. Pepe , M. G. Blamire , F. Tafuri , D. Massarotti

We present our new fabrication Process for Superconductor Electronics (PSE2) that integrates two (2) layers of Josephson junctions in a fully planarized multilayer process on 200-mm wafers. The two junction layers can be, e.g., conventional…

Recent improvements in materials growth and fabrication techniques may finally allow for superconducting semiconductors to realize their potential. Here we build on a recent proposal to construct superconducting devices such as wires,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-04-13 Yun-Pil Shim , Charles Tahan

Josephson junction circuits, such as superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) and single-flux-quantum (SFQ) circuits, have been applied in both analog and digital systems for their ultralow-noise, high-speed, and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-07-07 Yongliang Wang

Josephson junction transistors and 50-junction arrays with linear junction dimensions from 200 nm down to 70 nm were fabricated from standard Nb/AlOx/Nb trilayers. The fabrication process includes electron beam lithography, dry etching,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Dolata , H. Scherer , A. B. Zorin , J. Niemeyer

Superconducting qubit fabrication innovations continue to be explored to achieve higher performance. Despite improvements to base layer fabrication and processing, resist-based Josephson junction (JJ) schemes have largely remained…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-18 Tathagata Banerjee , Stephen Daniel Funni , Saswata Roy , Judy J. Cha , Valla Fatemi

Josephson junctions (JJs) are ubiquitous superconducting devices, enabling high sensitivity magnetometers and voltage amplifiers, as well as forming the basis of high performance cryogenic computer and superconducting quantum computers.…

Interest in Josephson junctions (JJs) has increased rapidly in recent years not only because of their use in qubits and other quantum devices but also due to the unique physics supported by the JJs. The advent of various novel quantum…