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Superconductor-graphene-superconductor (SGS) junction provides a unique platform to study relativistic electrodynamics of Dirac fermions combined with proximity-induced superconductivity. We report observation of the Josephson effect in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Dongchan Jeong , Jae-Hyun Choi , Gil-Ho Lee , Sanghyun Jo , Yong-Joo Doh , Hu-Jong Lee

Superconducting qubits are solid state electrical circuits fabricated using techniques borrowed from conventional integrated circuits. They are based on the Josephson tunnel junction, the only non-dissipative, strongly non-linear circuit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. H. Devoret , A. Wallraff , J. M. Martinis

We carry out an extensive experimental and theoretical study of the Josephson effect in S-N-S junctions made of a diffusive normal metal (N) embedded between two superconducting electrodes (S). Our experiments are performed on Nb-Cu-Nb…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 P. Dubos , H. Courtois , B. Pannetier , F. K. Wilhelm , A. D. Zaikin , G. Schon

Among the recognized sources of decoherence in superconducting qubits, the spatial inhomogeneity of the superconducting state and the possible presence of magnetic-flux vortices remain comparatively underexplored. Niobium is commonly used…

The most developed integrated receivers for THz radiation nowadays are based on Josephson junction SIS devices. In this kind of devices, the highest receivable frequency is determined by the energy gap of the superconducting electrodes and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-12-09 M. Merker , C. Bohn , M. Völlinger , K. Ilin , M. Siegel

To investigate the properties of iron-based superconductors, we examined different kinds of Josephson junctions using Co-doped Ba-122 thin films. Based on bicrystalline SrTiO3 substrates we prepared grain boundary (GB) junctions, which…

We propose a transistor-like circuit including two serially connected segments of a narrow superconducting nanowire joint by a wider segment with a capacitively coupled gate in between. This circuit is made of amorphous NbSi film and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-03-09 T. T. Hongisto , A. B. Zorin

The transport properties of a YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) based on grooved Dayem bridge weak links are studied as a function of temperature: at high temperatures…

We have carried out systematic Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling (MQT) experiments on Nb/Al-AlO_x/Nb Josephson junctions (JJs) of different areas. Employing on-chip lumped element inductors, we have decoupled the JJs from their environmental…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-11-19 Christoph Kaiser , Roland Schäfer , Michael Siegel

We present fully self-consistent calculations of the thermodynamic properties of three-dimensional clean SNS Josephson junctions, where S is an s-wave short-coherence-length superconductor and N is a clean normal metal. The junction is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-08-31 Branislav K. Nikolic , J. K. Freericks , P. Miller

Symmetry plays a critical role in determining various properties of a material. Semiconducting p-n junction diode exemplifies the engineered skew electronic response and is at the heart of contemporary electronic circuits. The…

Since the discovery of the unconventional copper-oxide high-transition-temperature superconductors (HTS), researchers have explored many methods to fabricate superconducting tunnel junctions from these materials for both superconducting…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-09-18 Shane A. Cybart , E. Y. Cho , T. J. Wong , Björn H. Wehlin , Meng K. Ma , Chuong Huynh , R. C. Dynes

Near-field (NF) radiative heat transfer (RHT) over vacuum space between closely spaced bodies can exceed the Planck far-field (FF) values by orders of magnitude. Strong effect of superconductivity on NF RHT between plane-parallel thin-film…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-01-23 Věra Musilová , Tomáš Králík , Tomáš Fořt , Michal Macek

Using tunneling spectroscopy, we have measured the local electron energy distribution function in the normal part of a superconductor-normal metal-superconductor (SNS) Josephson junction containing an extra lead to a normal reservoir. In…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 M. S. Crosser , Pauli Virtanen , Tero T. Heikkilä , Norman O. Birge

We demonstrate the operation of low-noise nano superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) based on the high critical field and high critical temperature superconductor YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_7$ (YBCO) as ultra-sensitive magnetometers…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-12-21 M. J. Martínez-Pérez , B. Müller , D. Schwebius , D. Korinski , R. Kleiner , J. Sesé , D. Koelle

We have developed a novel fabrication process for ultra-small, full-epitaxial NbN Josephson junctions on a silicon (Si) substrate. A full-epitaxial NbN/AlN/NbN tri-layer was grown on a Si (100) wafer with a (200)-oriented TiN buffer layer.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-12-02 Wei Qiu , Hirotaka Terai

In order to integrate superconducting qubits with rapid-single-flux-quantum (RSFQ) control circuitry, it is necessary to develop a fabrication process that fulfills at the same time the requirements of both elements: low critical current…

We experimentally demonstrated the optical responses of the switching currents in two types of Josephson tunnel junctions: Al/AlOx/Al and Nb/AlOx/Nb. The radiation-induced switching current shifts were measured at ultra-low bath temperature…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-28 Yiwen Wang , Pinjia Zhou , Lianfu Wei , Beihong Zhang , Qiang Wei , Jiquan Zhai , Weiwei Xu , Chunhai Cao

A superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) miniaturized into nanoscale is promising in the inductive detection of a single electron spin. A nano-SQUID with a strong spin coupling coefficient, a low flux noise, and a wide working…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-28 Lei Chen , Hao Wang , Xiaoyu Liu , Long Wu , Zhen Wang

Miniaturization of superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) is of major importance for the development of sensitive scanning nanoscale magnetometry tools. The high sensitivity of nanoSQUIDs is restricted, however, to only…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-11-28 Alexander Y. Meltzer , Aviram Uri , Eli Zeldov