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We investigate the transient dynamics of a lumped-element oscillator based on a dc superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID). The SQUID is shunted with a capacitor forming a nonlinear oscillator with resonance frequency in the…

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We investigate the characteristics and noise performance of rf Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) by solving the corresponding Langevin equations numerically and optimizing the model parameters with respect to noise…

Superconductivity · Physics 2008-03-13 Reinhold Kleiner , Dieter Koelle , John Clarke

A particular superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID)qubit, indicated as double SQUID qubit, can be manipulated by rapidly modifying its potential with the application of fast flux pulses. In this system we observe coherent…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-05-08 F. Chiarello , E. Paladino , M. G. Castellano , C. Cosmelli , A. D'Arrigo , G. Torrioli , G. Falci

We present an experimental study of the magnetic flux dependence of the critical current of a balanced SQUID with three Josephson junctions in parallel. Unlike for ordinary dc SQUIDs, the suppression of the critical current does not depend…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-03-11 Antti Kemppinen , Antti J. Manninen , Mikko Möttönen , Juha J. Vartiainen , Joonas T. Peltonen , Jukka P. Pekola

We present a detailed study of the transport and the efficiency of a ratchet system in a periodic potential in the presence of correlated noises. The current and the efficiency of the system are investigated. It is found that, when the…

Biological Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Bao-Quan Ai , Xian-Ju Wang , Guo-Tao Liu , De-Hua Wen , Wei Chen , Liang-Gang Liu

We analyze the behavior of a dc Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) phase qubit in which one junction acts as a phase qubit and the rest of the device provides isolation from dissipation and noise in the bias leads. Ignoring…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 Kaushik Mitra , F. W. Strauch , C. J. Lobb , J. R. Anderson , F. C. Wellstood , Eite Tiesinga

A superconducting quantum interference device with differential output or "DSQUID" was proposed earlier for operation in the presence of large common-mode signals. The DSQUID is the differential connection of two identical SQUIDs. Here we…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-03-12 I. I. Soloviev , V. I. Ruzhickiy , N. V. Klenov , S. V. Bakurskiy , M. Yu. Kupriyanov

It was recently experimentally proved that the superconducting counterpart of a diode, i.e., a device that realizes nonreciprocal Cooper pairs transport, can be realized by breaking the spatial and time-reversal symmetry of a system…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-09-13 Angelo Greco , Quentin Pichard , Francesco Giazotto

We study a 0-$\pi$ dc superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) with asymmetric inductances and critical currents of the two Josephson junctions (JJs). By considering such a dc SQUID as a black box with two terminals, we calculate…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-18 E. Goldobin , D. Koelle , R. Kleiner

We study noise and noise energy of a high-T$_c$ dc SQUID fabricated on a high-$\epsilon_R$ substrate whose conduction properties are given by transmission line physics. We show that transmission line resonances greatly enhance the noise.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 Urbasi Sinha , Aninda Sinha , Frank K. Wilhelm

We consider voltage and current responses formation in DC SQUID with overdamped Josephson junctions in resistive and superconducting state in the frame of resistively shunted junction (RSJ) model. For simplicity we neglect the junction…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-08-09 I. I. Soloviev , N. V. Klenov , A. E. Schegolev , S. V. Bakurskiy , M. Yu. Kupriyanov

Using a point (superconductor-constriction-superconductor, ScS) contact in a single-Josephson-junction superconducting quantum interference device (RF SQUID) provides stochastic resonance conditions at any arbitrary small value of loop…

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Superconducting QUantum Interference Device (SQUID) metamaterials are superconducting artificial media whose function relies both on their geometry and the extraordinary properties of superconductivity and the Josephson effect. Recent…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2016-11-03 J. Hizanidis , N. Lazarides , G. Neofotistos , G. P. Tsironis

Highly reproducible Nb/Al(AlOx)/Nb Josephson junction based direct current superconducting quantum interference devices (DC SQUID) were fabricated by three dimensional etching using focused ion beam. Hysteretic and non-hysteretic DC SQUID…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-07-05 D. Yuvaraj , Gil Bachar , Oren Suchoi , Oleg Shtempluck , Eyal Buks

Nano-electromechanical systems implement the opto-mechanical interaction combining electromagnetic circuits and mechanical elements. We investigate an inductively coupled nano-electromechanical system, where a superconducting quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-22 Thomas Luschmann , Philip Schmidt , Frank Deppe , Achim Marx , Alvaro Sanchez , Rudolf Gross , Hans Huebl

Flux transformers and superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) are two key superconducting devices used in the cutting-edge magnetic-field sensor systems, such as magnetocardiography (MCG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG). They…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-10-03 Yongliang Wang

The development of superconducting electronics requires careful characterization of the components that make up electronic circuits. Superconducting weak links are the building blocks of most superconducting electronics components and are…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-09-20 A. Greco , Q. Pichard , E. Strambini , F. Giazotto

We present a new theoretical framework to analyze microwave amplifiers based on the dc SQUID. Our analysis applies input-output theory generalized for Josephson junction devices biased in the running state. Using this approach we express…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-10-11 Archana Kamal , John Clarke , Michel Devoret

Efficiency of generation of net unidirectional current in an adiabatically driven symmetric periodic potential system is studied. The efficiency shows a maximum, in the case of an inhomogeneous system with spatially varying periodic…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-31 Debasis Dan , Mangal C. Mahato , A. M. Jayannavar

The properties of Josephson devices are strongly affected by geometrical effects. A loop-shaped superconducting electrode tightly couples a long Josephson tunnel junction with the surrounding electromagnetic field. Due to the fluxoid…

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