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Josephson junctions with ferromagnetic layers are vital elements in a new class of cryogenic memory devices. One style of memory device contains a spin valve with one "hard" magnetic layer and one "soft" layer. To achieve low switching…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-10-20 Joseph A. Glick , Reza Loloee , W. P. Pratt, , Norman O. Birge

A ferromagnetic Josephson junction with a spin-flipper (magnetic impurity) sandwiched in-between acts as a phase battery that can store quantized amounts of superconducting phase difference $\Phi_0$ in the ground state of the junction.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-07-09 Subhajit Pal , Colin Benjamin

Mesoscopic multi-terminal Josephson junctions are novel devices that provide weak coupling between several bulk superconductors through a common normal layer. Because of the nonlocal coupling of the superconducting banks, a current flow…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. H. S. Amin , A. N. Omelyanchouk , A. Blais , A. Maassen van den Brink , G. Rose , T. Duty , A. M. Zagoskin

A Josephson bijunction made of three superconductors connected by a quantum dot is considered in the regime where the dot carries a magnetic moment. In the range of parameters where such a dot, if inserted in a two-terminal Josephson…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 Denis Feinberg , Carlos Balseiro

Conventional digital computation is rapidly approaching physical limits for speed and energy dissipation. Here we fabricate and test a simple neuromorphic circuit that models neuronal somas, axons and synapses with superconducting Josephson…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2017-03-29 Ken Segall , Matthew LeGro , Steven Kaplan , Oleksiy Svitelskiy , Shreeya Khadka , Patrick Crotty , Daniel Schult

It is now well established that a Josephson junction made from conventional spin-singlet superconductors containing ferromagnetic layers can carry spin-triplet supercurrent under certain conditions. The first experimental signature of that…

A model of superconducting computer memory exploiting the orthogonal spin transfer (OST) in the pseudospin valve (PS) that is controlled by the three-terminal Josephson superconducting-ferromagnetic transistor (SFT) is developed. The…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-07-16 Serhii E. Shafraniuk , Ivan P. Nevirkovets , Oleg A. Mukhanov

We present a quantum computing scheme with atomic Josephson junction arrays. The system consists of a small number of atoms with three internal states and trapped in a far-off resonant optical lattice. Raman lasers provide the "Josephson"…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-07-26 Lin Tian , P. Zoller

A battery is a classical apparatus which converts a chemical reaction into a persistent voltage bias able to power electronic circuits. Similarly, a phase battery is a quantum equipment which provides a persistent phase bias to the wave…

Two superconductors coupled by a weak link support an equilibrium Josephson electrical current which depends on the phase difference $\varphi$ between the superconducting condensates [1]. Yet, when a temperature gradient is imposed across…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-25 Antonio Fornieri , Giuliano Timossi , Pauli Virtanen , Paolo Solinas , Francesco Giazotto

With the goal of understanding the intricate behavior and dynamics of collections of neurons, we present superconducting circuits containing Josephson junctions that model biologically realistic neurons. These "Josephson junction neurons"…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-05-29 Patrick Crotty , Daniel Schult , Ken Segall

When two superconductors are connected across a ferromagnet, the spin configuration of the transferred Cooper pairs can be modulated due to magnetic exchange interaction. The resulting supercurrent can reverse its sign across the Josephson…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-01 H. Idzuchi , F. Pientka , K. -F. Huang , K. Harada , Ö. Gül , Y. J. Shin , L. T. Nguyen , N. H. Jo , D. Shindo , R. J. Cava , P. C. Canfield , P. Kim

Single flux quantum (SFQ) technology has garnered significant attention due to its low switching power and high operational speed. Researchers have been actively pursuing more advanced devices and technologies to further reduce the reliance…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-10-24 Haolin Cong , Sasan Razmkhah , Mustafa Altay Karamuftuoglu , Massoud Pedram

Josephson junctions translate quantum phase coherence into an electrical response and underpin superconducting sensors and quantum circuits. In conventional junctions, the barrier acts primarily as a passive weak link, however, when the…

Atomtronics has the potential for engineering new types of functional devices, such as Josephson junctions (JJs). Previous studies have mainly focused on JJs whose ground states have 0 or $\pi $ superconducting phase difference across the…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-10-19 Lei Jiang , Yong Xu , Chuanwei Zhang

We study theoretically a variety of collective quantum phases occurring in frustrated saw-tooth chains of Josephson junctions embedded in a dissipationless transmission line. The basic element of a system, i.e., the triangular…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-06 Benedikt J. P. Pernack , Mikhail V. Fistul , Ilya M. Eremin

The superconducting phase qubit combines Josephson junctions into superconducting loops and defines one of the promising solid state device implementations for quantum computing. While conventional designs are based on magnetically…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Blatter , V. B. Geshkenbein , L. Ioffe

Josephson qubits without direct interaction can be effectively coupled by sequentially connecting them to an information bus: a current-biased large Josephson junction treated as an oscillator with adjustable frequency. The coupling between…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 L. F. Wei , Yu-xi Liu , Franco Nori

Superconductivity and ferromagnetism are antagonistic forms of order, and rarely coexist. Many interesting new phenomena occur, however, in hybrid superconducting/ferromagnetic systems. For example, a Josephson junction containing a…

We investigate Magnetic Josephson Junction (MJJ) - a superconducting device with ferromagnetic barrier for a scalable high-density cryogenic memory compatible with energy-efficient single flux quantum (SFQ) circuits. The…