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Micron-sized superconducting interference devices ($\mu$-SQUIDs) based on constrictions optimized for minimizing thermal runaway are shown to exhibit voltage oscillations with applied magnetic flux despite their hysteretic behavior. We…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-11-28 Sourav Biswas , Clemens B. Winkelmann , Hervé Courtois , Anjan K. Gupta

Scanning superconducting quantum interference device microscopy (sSQUID) is currently one of the most effective methods for direct and sensitive magnetic flux imaging on the mesoscopic scale. A SQUID-on-chip design allows integration of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-12-10 Y. P. Pan , J. J. Zhu , Y. Feng , Y. S. Lin , H. B. Wang , X. Y. Liu , H. Jin , Z. Wang , L. Chen , Y. H. Wang

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

We present results on ultra low noise YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ nano Superconducting QUantum Interference Devices (nanoSQUIDs). To realize such devices, we implemented high quality YBCO nanowires, working as weak links between two…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-03-07 Riccardo Arpaia , Marco Arzeo , Shahid Nawaz , Sophie Charpentier , Floriana Lombardi , Thilo Bauch

We present transport measurements of unshunted dc superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) consisting of 30 nm wide aluminum nanobridges of varying length L contacted with two and three dimensional banks. 3D nanobridge SQUIDs…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 R. Vijay , E. M. Levenson-Falk , D. H. Slichter , I. Siddiqi

NanoSQUIDs are quantum sensors that excel in detecting a small change in magnetic flux with high sensitivity and high spatial resolution. Here, we employ resist-free direct-write Ga+ Focused Ion Beam Induced Deposition (FIBID) techniques to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-03-11 Fabian Sigloch , Soraya Sangiao , Pablo Orús , José María de Teresa

We report on the development of highly sensitive SQUIDs featuring sub-micrometer loop dimensions. The integration of high quality and low capacitance SIS Nb/AlOx/Nb cross-type Josephson tunnel junctions results in white flux noise levels as…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-01-06 M. Schmelz , Y. Matsui , R. Stolz , V. Zakosarenko , T. Schönau , S. Anders , S. Linzen , H. Itozaki , H. -G. Meyer

Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) can have excellent spin sensitivity depending on their magnetic flux noise, pick-up loop diameter, and distance from the sample. We report a family of scanning SQUID susceptometers with…

Nanoscale superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) are fabricated in-situ from a single Bi$_{0.26}$Sb$_{1.74}$Te$_{3}$ nanoribbon that is defined using selective-area growth and contacted with superconducting Nb electrodes via…

We report on the development of nearly quantum limited SQUIDs with miniature pickup loop dimensions. The implemented high quality and low capacitance cross-type Nb/AlOx/Nb Josephson junctions offer large $I_CR_N$-products and therefore…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-05-18 M. Schmelz , V. Zakosarenko , T. Schönau , S. Anders , S. Linzen , R. Stolz , H. -G. Meyer

We have fabricated arrays of High-T$_c$ Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) with randomly distributed loop sizes as sensitive antennas for Radio-Frequency (RF) waves. These sub-wavelength size devices known as…

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

Among known materials, hydride superconductors have the highest critical temperatures and are very promising as a basis for electronic sensors. Superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUID), due to its unique sensitivity to magnetic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-01-03 Dmitrii V. Semenok , Ivan A. Troyan , Di Zhou , Wuhao Chen , Ho-kwang Mao , Viktor V. Struzhkin

Scanning superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) microscopy is a magnetic imaging technique combining high-field sensitivity with nanometer-scale spatial resolution. State-of-the-art SQUID-on-tip probes are now playing an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-03 M. Wyss , K. Bagani , D. Jetter , E. Marchiori , A. Vervelaki , B. Gross , J. Ridderbos , S. Gliga , C. Schönenberger , M. Poggio

We report the fabrication and characterization of superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) based on InAs nanowires and vanadium superconducting electrodes. These mesoscopic devices are found to be extremely robust against…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-06-06 Panayotis Spathis , Subhajit Biswas , Stefano Roddaro , Lucia Sorba , Francesco Giazotto , Fabio Beltram

The current-voltage characteristics of Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) are known to modulate as a function of applied magnetic field with a period of one flux quantum $\Phi_0=h$/2e. Here we report on the fabrication…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 C. W. Schneider , G. Hammerl , G. Logvenov , T. Kopp , J. R. Kirtley , P. J. Hirschfeld , J. Mannhart

We present a fabrication method of superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) based on direct write lithography with an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). This technique involves maskless local anodization of Nb or NbN ultrathin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Faucher , T. Fournier , B. Pannetier , C. Thirion , W. Wernsdorfer , J. C. Villegier , V. Bouchiat

We present an optimization study of the spin sensitivity of nanoSQUIDs based on resistively shunted grain boundary Josephson junctions. In addition the dc SQUIDs contain a narrow constriction onto which a small magnetic particle can be…

We present an optimization study of the spin sensitivity of nanoSQUIDs based on resistively shunted grain boundary Josephson junctions. In addition the dc SQUIDs contain a narrow constriction onto which a small magnetic particle can be…

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