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The operational dc-SQUID based on intrinsic Josephson junctions in Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu2O$_{8+\delta}$ high-$T_c$ superconductor is fabricated and studied. The novel in-plane loop layout and the developed in-situ endpoint detection method…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Sandberg , V. M. Krasnov

The atomic superfluid quantum interference device (ASQUID) with tunable Josephson junctions is theoretically investigated. ASQUID is a device that can be used for the detection of rotation. In this work we establish an analytical theory for…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-07-09 Jiatao Tan , Boyang Liu

We investigate the performance of an inertial frictional ratchet in a sinusoidal potential driven by a sinusoidal external field. The dependence of the performance on the parameters of the sinusoidally varying friction, such as the mean…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-04-18 D. Kharkongor , W. L. Reenbohn , Mangal C. Mahato

We present measurements of an amplifier based on a dc superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) with submicron Al-AlOx-Al Josephson junctions. The small junction size reduces their self-capacitance and allows for the use of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-19 M. P. DeFeo , P. Bhupathi , K. Yu , T. W. Heitmann , C. Song , R. McDermott , B. L. T. Plourde

Josephson current of spin-entangled electrons through the two branches of a SQUID-like structure with two quantum dots exhibits a magnetic-flux response different from the conventional Josephson current. Due to their interference, the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-11-15 Zhi Wang , Xiao Hu

We have implemented a new experimental set-up for precise measurements of current fluctuations in three-terminal devices. The system operates at very low temperatures (30 mK) and is equipped with three SQUIDs as low noise current…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-10-26 A. H. Pfeffer , B. Kaviraj , O. Coupiac , F. Lefloch

We investigate experimentally a Josephson vortex ratchet -- a fluxon in an asymmetric periodic potential driven by a deterministic force with zero time average. The highly asymmetric periodic potential is created in an underdamped annular…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Beck , E. Goldobin , M. Neuhaus , M. Siegel , R. Kleiner , D. Koelle

We present a theoretical model for 2D SQUID and SQIF arrays with over-damped Josephson junctions for uniform bias current injection at 77 K. Our simulations demonstrate the importance of including Johnson thermal noise and reveal that the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-07-15 Marc A. Gali Labarias , Karl-H. Muller , Emma E. Mitchell

The phenomena of intermittent and complete synchronization between two out of three identical, magnetically coupled SQUIDs (Superconducting QUantum Interference Devices) are investigated numerically. SQUIDs are highly nonlinear…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-09-15 J. Shena , N. Lazarides , J. Hizanidis

We investigate the Josephson diode effect in an asymmetric SQUID consisting of a sinusoidal Josephson junction formed by a Bi$_2$Te$_2$Se flake and a superconducting Nb nanobridge with a linear and multivalued current-phase relation (CPR).…

A new DC-SQUID is proposed that exploits the properties of the grain boundary junctions in high T_c superconductors. The orientations of the grain boundaries are chosen in such a way to establish a pi/2 (rather than 0 or pi) phase…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-04 M. H. S. Amin , M. Coury , G. Rose

We report on the fabrication and electrical transport properties of gate-tunable superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs), made of semiconducting PbS nanowire contacted with PbIn superconducting electrodes. Applied with a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-08 Hong-Seok Kim , Bum-Kyu Kim , Yiming Yang , Xingyue Peng , Soon-Gul Lee , Dong Yu , Yong-Joo Doh

We present the design, realization and performance of a three-axis vector nano Superconducting QUantum Interference Device (nanoSQUID). It consists of three mutually orthogonal SQUID nanoloops that allow distinguishing the three components…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-06-24 M. J. Martínez-Pérez , D. Gella , B. Müller , V. Morosh , R. Wöbling , J. Sesé , O. Kieler , R. Kleiner , D. Koelle

We propose the implementation of a Josephson Radiation Comb Generator (JRCG) based on a dc superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) driven by an external magnetic field. When the magnetic flux crosses a diffraction node of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-06 P. Solinas , S. Gasparinetti , D. Golubev , F. Giazotto

Constructing qubits which are suitable for quantum computation remains a notable challenge. Here, we propose a superconducting flux qubit in a dc SQUID structure, formed by a conventional insulator Josephson junction and a topological…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-07-13 Wen-Chao Huang , Qi-Feng Liang , Dao-Xin Yao , Zhi Wang

Scanning Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) Susceptometry simultaneously images the local magnetic fields and susceptibilities above a sample with sub-micron spatial resolution. Further development of this technique…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-01-01 Samantha I Davis , John R. Kirtley , Kathryn A. Moler

This letter presents fabrication and characterization of an optimized SQUIPT (superconducting quantum interference proximity transistor). The present device, characterized with reduced tunnel junction area and shortened normal-metal…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-10-31 Robab Najafi Jabdaraghi , Matthias Meschke , Jukka Pekola

Based on the superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) equations described by the resistively- and capacitively-shunted junction model coupled to the equation of motion of a damped harmonic oscillator, we provide simulations to…

We propose a scheme to implement variable coupling between two flux qubits using the screening current response of a dc Superconducting QUantum Interference Device (SQUID). The coupling strength is adjusted by the current bias applied to…

We present a study of the controllable nonlinear dynamics of a micromechanical beam coupled to a dc-SQUID (superconducting quantum interference device). The coupling between these systems places the modes of the beam in a highly nonlinear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-28 Lior Ella , D. Yuvaraj , Oren Suchoi , Oleg Shtempluk , Eyal Buks