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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 studied a Superconducting Quantum Interference SQUID device made from a single layer thin film of superconducting silicon. The superconducting layer is obtained by heavily doping a silicon wafer with boron atoms using the Gas…

Focused ion beam (FIB) technology has been used to fabricate miniature Nb DC SQUIDs which incorporate resistively-shunted microbridge junctions and a central loop with a hole diameter ranging from 1058 nm to 50 nm. The smallest device, with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-03-30 Giuseppe C. Tettamanzi , Christopher I. Pakes , Simon K. H. Lam , Steven Prawer

As the quantum generation of electronics takes the stage, a cast of important support electronics is needed to connect these novel devices to our classical worlds. In the case of superconducting electronics, this is a challenge because the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-10-25 Hao Li , Ethan Y. Cho , Han Cai , Shane A. Cybart

Superconducting diodes, characterized by the nonreciprocal supercurrent flow, have gained significant attention for their potential in dissipationless electronics. This study presents a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID)…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-02-28 Xingjun Wu , Ji-Yin Wang , Haitian Su , Shili Yan , Dong Pan , Jianhua Zhao , Po Zhang , H. Q. Xu

Network structures by semiconductor nanowires hold great promise for advanced quantum devices, especially for applications in topological quantum computing. In this study, we created networks of PbTe nanowires arranged in loop…

We have developed a novel dc SQUID system with a micro-coil input circuit to act as a local probe of quantum matter and nanosystems. The planar niobium micro-coil pickup loop is located remotely from the SQUID, coupled through a…

Nanoscale magnets might form the building blocks of next generation memories. To explore their functionality, magnetic sensing at the nanoscale is key. We present a multifunctional combination of a scanning nanometer-sized superconducting…

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

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

Modern Superconducting QUantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) are commonly fabricated from either Al or Nb electrodes, with an in-situ oxidation process to create a weak link between them. However, common problems of such planar nano- and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-08-18 Liam S. Farrar , Aimee Nevill , Zhen Jieh Lim , Geetha Balakrishnan , Sara Dale , Simon J. Bending

Precise detection of spin resonance is of paramount importance to achieve coherent spin control in quantum computing. We present a novel setup for spin resonance measurements, which uses a dc-SQUID flux detector coupled to an antenna from a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-17 G. Yue , L. Chen , J. Barreda , V. Bevara , L. Hu , L. Wu , Z. Wang , P. Andrei , S. Bertaina , I. Chiorescu

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

We report the fabrication and characterization of superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) made of Sb-doped Bi2Se3 topological insulator (TI) nanoribbon (NR) contacted with PbIn superconducting electrodes. When an external…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-06 Nam-Hee Kim , Hong-Seok Kim , Yasen Hou , Dong Yu , Yong-Joo Doh

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

We demonstrate the fabrication of scanning superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) on the apex of sharp quartz scanning probes -- known as SQUID-on-tip probes -- using conventional magnetron sputtering. We produce and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-05-16 G. Romagnoli , E. Marchiori , K. Bagani , M. Poggio

We use a scanning superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) to image the magnetic flux produced by a superconducting device designed for quantum computing. The nanometer-scale SQUID-on-tip probe reveals the flow of superconducting…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-09-16 E. Marchiori , L. Ceccarelli , N. Rossi , G. Romagnoli , J. Herrmann , J. -C. Besse , S. Krinner , A. Wallraff , M. Poggio

We study voltage response of nano-bridge based DC-SQUID fabricated on a Si\_{3}N\_{4} membrane. Such a configuration may help in reducing 1/f noise, which originates from substrate fluctuating defects. We find that the poor thermal coupling…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-10-22 Eran Segev , Oren Suchoi , Oleg Shtempluck , Fei Xue , Eyal Buks

In easy-plane magnets, the spin superfluid phase was predicted to facilitate coherent spin transport. So far, experimental evidence remains elusive. In this Letter, we propose an indirect way to sense this effect via the spin superfluid…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-22 Yanyan Zhu , Eric Kleinherbers , Leonid Levitov , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak

Scalable memories that can match the speeds of superconducting logic circuits have long been desired to enable a superconducting computer. A superconducting loop that includes a Josephson junction can store a flux quantum state in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-30 Lei Chen , Lili Wu , Yue Wang , Yinping Pan , Denghui Zhang , Junwen Zeng , Xiaoyu Liu , Linxian Ma , Wei Peng , Yihua Wang , Jie Ren , Zhen Wang