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Superconductivity provides a canonical example of a quantum phase of matter. When superconducting islands are connected by Josephson junctions in a lattice, the low temperature state of the system can map to the celebrated XY model and its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-08-29 R. Cosmic , Hiroki Ikegami , Zhirong Lin , Kunihiro Inomata , Jacob M. Taylor , Yasunobu Nakamura

Intrinsic Josephson-junction stacks realized in mesas fabricated out of high-temperature superconductors may be used as sources of coherent electromagnetic radiation in the terahertz range. The major challenge is to synchronize Josephson…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 A. E. Koshelev , L. N. Bulaevskii

Josephson junctions are essential devices in superconducting electronics and quantum computing hardware. Here we predict electrical control of the supercurrent in composite superconductor-insulator-ferroelectric-insulator-superconductor…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-05-08 Yaozu Tang , Mazhar N. Ali , Gerrit E. W. Bauer , Yaroslav M. Blanter

A superconductor/normal metal/superconductor Josephson junction is a coherent electron system where the thermodynamic entropy depends on temperature and phase difference across the weak-link. Here, exploiting the phase-temperature…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-04 Francesco Vischi , Matteo Carrega , Pauli Virtanen , Elia Strambini , Alessandro Braggio , Francesco Giazotto

We have fabricated and measured a high-Q Josephson junction resonator with a tunable resonance frequency. A dc magnetic flux allows the resonance frequency to be changed by over 10 %. Weak coupling to the environment allows a quality factor…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-25 K. D. Osborn , J. A. Strong , A. J. Sirois , R. W. Simmonds

We show that vortices with circulating current, related with odd-frequency triplet pairing, appear in Josephson junctions where the barrier is a weak ferromagnet with strong spin-orbit coupling. By symmetry analysis we show that there is an…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-01-21 Dan Crawford , Stefan Ilić , Pauli Virtanen , Tero T. Heikkilä

We calculate the Josephson current in a diffusive superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor junction, where the ferromagnetic region contains multiple layers (or domains). In particular, we study a configuration where there are two layers…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 Iver B. Sperstad , Jacob Linder , Asle Sudbø

Motivated by recent experiments, where a voltage biased Josephson junction is placed in series with a resonator, the classical dynamics of the circuit is studied in various domains of parameter space. This problem can be mapped onto the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-12-09 S. Meister , M. Mecklenburg , V. Gramich , J. T. Stockburger , J. Ankerhold , B. Kubala

Made of a thin non-superconducting metal (N) sandwiched by two superconductors (S), SNS Josephson junctions enable novel quantum functionalities by mixing up the intrinsic electronic properties of N with the superconducting correlations…

Voltage-tunable superconductor-semiconductor devices offer a unique platform to realize dynamic tunability in superconducting quantum circuits. By galvanically connecting a gated InAs-Al Josephson junction to a coplanar waveguide resonator,…

For high-performance superconducting quantum devices based on Josephson junctions (JJs) decreasing lateral sizes is of great importance. Fabrication of sub-\mu m JJs is challenging due to non-flat surfaces with step heights of up to several…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-03-28 J. M. Meckbach , M. Merker , S. J. Buehler , K. Ilin , B. Neumeier , U. Kienzle , E. Goldobin , R. Kleiner , D. Koelle , M. Siegel

Single-Flux Quantum (SFQ) digital logic is typically energy efficient and fast, and logic that uses ballistic and reversible principles provides a new platform to improve efficiency. We are studying long Josephson junctions (long JJs), SFQs…

Applied Physics · Physics 2026-04-08 Han Cai , Liuqi Yu , Waltraut Wustmann , Ryan Clarke , Kevin D. Osborn

We study here the semiclassical dynamics of a superconducting circuit constituted by two Josephson junctions in series, in the presence of a voltage bias. We derive the equations of motion for the circuit through a Hamiltonian description…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-19 Davide Stirpe , Juuso Manninen , Francesco Massel

By coupling a harmonic oscillator to a quantum system it is possible to perform a dispersive measurement that is quantum non-demolition (QND), with minimal backaction. A non-linear oscillator has the advantage of measurement gain, but what…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-09-12 O. Naaman , J. Aumentado , L. Friedland , J. S. Wurtele , I. Siddiqi

A Josephson junction (JJ) is a key device in the development of superconducting circuits, wherein a supercurrent in the JJ is controlled by the phase difference between the two superconducting electrodes. Recently, it has been shown that…

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

Half a century after its discovery, the Josephson junction has become the most important nonlinear quantum electronic component at our disposal. It has helped reshape the SI system around quantum effects and is used in scores of quantum…

We theoretically study the behavior of the critical current of a thermally-biased tunnel Josephson junction with a particular design, in which the electrodes of the junction are enclosed in two different superconducting loops pierced by…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-07-20 Claudio Guarcello , Roberta Citro , Francesco Giazotto , Alessandro Braggio

Establishment of phase-coherence and a non-dissipative (super)current between two weakly coupled superconductors, known as the Josephson effect, plays a foundational role in basic physics and applications to metrology, precision sensing,…

We describe a fabrication stackup for digital logic with 16 superconducting NbTiN layers, self-shunted a-silicon barrier Josephson Junctions (JJs), and low loss, high-$\kappa$ tunable HZO capacitors. The stack enables 400 MJJ/cm$^2$ device…