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We experimentally investigate the stochastic phase dynamics of planar Josephson junctions (JJs) and superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) defined in epitaxial InAs/Al heterostructures, and characterized by a large ratio of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-04-27 D. Z. Haxell , E. Cheah , F. Křížek , R. Schott , M. F. Ritter , M. Hinderling , W. Belzig , C. Bruder , W. Wegscheider , H. Riel , F. Nichele

The optimum design of high-sensitivity Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) and other devices based on thin HTS films requires accurate inductance modeling. This needs the London penetration depth $\lambda$ to be well…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-09-29 Shane Keenan , Colin Pegrum , Marc Gali Labarias , Emma E Mitchell

A superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) was prepared on a micron-sized single crystal using a selected growth domain of a thin film of $CeCoIn_5$ grown by molecular beam epitaxy. SQUID voltage oscillations of good quality were…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2011-08-16 Oleksandr Foyevtsov , Fabrizio Porrati , Michael Huth

Superconductors are known to be excellent thermal insulators at low temperature owing to the presence of the energy gap in their density of states (DOS). In this context, the superconducting \textit{proximity effect} allows to tune the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-04-14 Nadia Ligato , Federico Paolucci , Elia Strambini , Francesco Giazotto

The effect of thermal fluctuations on the behaviuor of a 4-terminal SQUID is investigated. The studied system consists of the Josephson 4-terminal junction with two terminals short-circuited by a superconducting ring and other two form the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-25 R. de Bruyn Ouboter , A. N. Omelyanchouk

The demand for cryogenic memory components is driven by the need for ultra-fast, low-power, and highly reliable computing systems. Phase slip-based devices promise to fulfill all these requirements, with potential applications in both…

We present measurements of an amplifier operating at 3.8 GHz with 150 MHz of bandwidth based on the microstrip input-coil resonance of a dc superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) with submicron Josephson junctions. The noise…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-05 M. P. DeFeo , B. L. T. Plourde

We have implemented a resonant circuit that uses a SQUID as a flux-sensitive Josephson inductor for qubit readout. In contrast to the conventional switching current measurement that generates undesired quasi-particles when the SQUID…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-11-18 Janice C. Lee , William D. Oliver , Terry P. Orlando , Karl K. Berggren

We report superconducting kinetic inductance memory (SKIM) element, which can be controlled exclusively by the bias supercurrent, without involving magnetic fields and heating elements. The SKIM is non-volatile memory. The device is made of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-03-31 Eduard Ilin , Xiangyu Song , Irina Burkova , Andrew Silge , Ziang Guo , Konstantin Ilin , Alexey Bezryadin

We study theoretically the efficiency of an asymmetric superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) which is constructed as a loop with three capacitively and resistively shunted Josephson junctions. Two junctions are placed in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-04-27 J. Spiechowicz , J. Łuczka

The information-carrying capacity of a memory is known to be a thermodynamic resource facilitating the conversion of heat to work. Szilard's engine explicates this connection through a toy example involving an energy-degenerate two-state…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-02-25 Varun Narasimhachar , Jayne Thompson , Jiajun Ma , Gilad Gour , Mile Gu

We propose a non-volatile memory element based on a lateral ferromagnetic Josephson junction with spin-orbit coupling and out-of-plane magnetization. The interplay between the latter and the intrinsic exchange field of the ferromagnet leads…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-01-30 C. Guarcello , F. S. Bergeret

We investigated, at temperature $4.2\,\mathrm{K}$, electric transport, flux noise and resulting spin sensitivity of miniaturized Nb direct current superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) based on submicron Josephson junctions…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-28 J. Nagel , O. F. Kieler , T. Weimann , R. Wölbing , J. Kohlmann , A. B. Zorin , R. Kleiner , D. Koelle , M. Kemmler

Logical devices based on electrical currents are ubiquitous in modern society. However, digital logic does have some drawbacks such as a relatively high power consumption. It is therefore of great interest to seek alternative means to build…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-18 Marco Majland , Kasper Sangild Christensen , Nikolaj Thomas Zinner

Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) are one of the most popular devices in superconducting electronics. They combine the Josephson effect with the quantization of magnetic flux in superconductors. This gives rise to one of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-05-21 M. J. Martínez-Pérez , D. Koelle

Using a thermodynamically consistent, mesoscopic model for modern complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor transistors, we study an array of logical circuits and explore how their function is constrained by recent thermodynamic uncertainty…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-03-28 Phillip Helms , Songela W. Chen , David T. Limmer

We recently demonstrated a 1$^{\textrm{st}}$-order axial gradiometer SQUID system, which is operated in a liquid He dewar with negligible noise contribution. The achieved close to SQUID-limited measured coupled energy sensitivity…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-11-07 Jan-Hendrik Storm , Oliver Kieler , Rainer Körber

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 have fabricated and studied a new kind of DC SQUID in which the magnitude and sign of the critical current of the individual Josephson junctions can be controlled by additional voltage probes connected to the junctions. We show that the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. J. A. Baselmans , B. J. van Wees , T. M. Klapwijk

Motivated by recent progress in development of cryogenic memory compatible with single flux quantum (SFQ) circuits we have performed a theoretical study of magnetic SIsFS Josephson junctions, where 'S' is a bulk superconductor, 's' is a…