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We present the design, measurement and analysis of a current sensor based on a process of Josephson parametric upconversion in a superconducting microwave cavity. Terminating a coplanar waveguide with a nanobridge constriction Josephson…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-02 Felix E. Schmidt , Daniel Bothner , Ines C. Rodrigues , Mario F. Gely , Mark D. Jenkins , Gary A. Steele

We report microwave spectroscopy of Josephson junctions chains made from an epitaxial Al/InAs heterostructure. The chains exhibit superinductance, with characteristic wave impedance exceeding $R_{Q} = \hbar/(2e)^{2}$. The planar nature of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-16 Junseok Oh , Ido Levy , Tyler Cowan , Jacob Issokson , Archana Kamal , Javad Shabani , Andrew P. Higginbotham

The interplay between superconductivity and ferromagnetism has long been pursued as a route to unconventional Josephson effects, yet suitable material platforms remain limited. Here we report Josephson junctions based on epitaxial…

Josephson junctions constructed from superconductor-semiconductor-superconductor heterostructures have been used to realize a variety of voltage-tunable superconducting quantum devices, including qubits and parametric amplifiers. To date…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-03 Utkan Güngördü , Rusko Ruskov , Silas Hoffman , Kyle Serniak , Andrew J. Kerman , Charles Tahan

We present a microwave quantum refrigeration principle based on the Josephson effect. When a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) is pierced by a time-dependent magnetic flux, it induces changes in the macroscopic quantum…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-07-05 Paolo Solinas , Riccardo Bosisio , Francesco Giazotto

We demonstrate an Al superconducting quantum interference device in which the Josephson junctions are implemented through gate-controlled proximitized Cu mesoscopic weak-links. The latter behave analogously to genuine superconducting metals…

We report the realization of a ballistic Josephson interferometer. The interferometer is made by a quantum ring etched in a nanofabricated two-dimensional electron gas confined in an InAs-based heterostructure laterally contacted to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-17 A. Fornieri , M. Amado , F. Carillo , F. Dolcini , G. Biasiol , L. Sorba , V. Pellegrini , F. Giazotto

We have realized a microwave quantum-limited amplifier that is directional and can therefore function without the front circulator needed in many quantum measurements. The amplification takes place in only one direction between the input…

We calculate the phase, the temperature and the junction length dependence of the supercurrent for ballistic graphene Josephson-junctions. For low temperatures we find non-sinusoidal dependence of the supercurrent on the superconductor…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-10-13 I. Hagymási , A. Kormányos , J. Cserti

Superconducting circuits comprising Josephson junctions have spurred significant research activity due to their promise to realize scalable quantum computers. Effective Hamiltonians for these systems have traditionally been derived assuming…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-02 Thomas J. Maldonado , Alejandro W. Rodriguez , Hakan E. Türeci

The combination of low mass density, high frequency, and high quality-factor of mechanical resonators made of two-dimensional crystals such as graphene make them attractive for applications in force sensing/mass sensing, and exploring the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-04-01 V. Singh , S. J. Bosman , B. H. Schneider , Y. M. Blanter , A. Castellanos-Gomez , G. A. Steele

We report a theoretical study of the macroscopic quantum dynamics in spatially extended Josephson systems. We focus on a Josephson tunnel junction of finite length placed in an externally applied magnetic field. In such a system,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 M. V. Fistul , A. V. Ustinov

Graphene on silicon carbide (SiC) has proved to be highly successful in Hall conductance quantization for its homogeneity at the centimetre scale. Robust Josephson coupling has been measured in co-planar diffusive Al/monololayer graphene/Al…

A fabrication process for Nb/Al-AlOx/Nb Josephson junctions (JJs) with sizes down to 200 nm has been developed on a 200-mm-wafer tool set typical for CMOS foundry. This process is the core of several nodes of a roadmap for fully-planarized…

Preliminary results are presented concerning static properties of a small Josephson junction under the influence of strong microwave radiation. We discuss the correspondence between a Brownian particle moving in a periodic potential and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-07-08 I. Abalosheva , P. Gierlowski , M. Jaworski , S. J. Lewandowski

We propose a realization of the superconducting diode effect in flux biased superconducting circuits of Josephson junctions. So far the observation of the superconducting diode effect has been limited to rather exotic material platforms. In…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-12-07 Rafael Haenel , Oguzhan Can

In this work, we briefly overview various options for Josephson junctions which should be scalable down to nanometer range for utilization in nanoscale digital superconducting technology. Such junctions should possess high values of…

The effect of microwave irradiation on the phase dynamics of intrinsic Josephson junctions in high temperature superconductors is investigated. We demonstrate the influence of microwave's amplitude variation on the current-voltage…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-11 Mahmoud Gaafar , Yury Shukrinov

Atomtronics has the potential for engineering new types of functional devices, such as Josephson junctions (JJs). Previous studies have mainly focused on JJs whose ground states have 0 or $\pi $ superconducting phase difference across the…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-10-19 Lei Jiang , Yong Xu , Chuanwei Zhang

Nonlinear microwave circuits are key elements for many groundbreaking research directions and technologies, such as quantum computation and quantum sensing. The majority of microwave circuits with Josephson nonlinearities to date is based…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-26 Kevin Uhl , Daniel Hackenbeck , Janis Peter , Reinhold Kleiner , Dieter Koelle , Daniel Bothner