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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…

Josephson weak links made of two-dimensional topological insulators (TIs) exhibit magnetic oscillations of the supercurrent that are reminiscent of those in superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs). We propose a microscopic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-13 G. Tkachov , P. Burset , B. Trauzettel , E. M. Hankiewicz

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

The development of nonlinear and frequency-tunable superconducting microwave circuits for operation in large magnetic fields is of high relevance for hybrid quantum systems such as spin resonance spectrometers, microwave quantum magnonics,…

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

It is customary to use arrays of superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) for implementing magnetic field-tunable inductors. Here, we demonstrate an equivalent tunability in a (SQUID-free) array of single Al/AlOx/Al Josephson…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-12-10 Roman Kuzmin , Nitish Mehta , Nicholas Grabon , Vladimir E. Manucharyan

Operation of a Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) made of stacked Josephson junctions is analyzed numerically for a variety of junction parameters. Due to a magnetic coupling of junctions in the stack, such a SQUID has…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 V. M. Krasnov

It was recently experimentally proved that the superconducting counterpart of a diode, i.e., a device that realizes nonreciprocal Cooper pairs transport, can be realized by breaking the spatial and time-reversal symmetry of a system…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-09-13 Angelo Greco , Quentin Pichard , Francesco Giazotto

We present tunnel spectroscopy experiments on the proximity effect in lateral superconductor-normal metal-superconductor (SNS) Josephson junctions. Our weak link is embedded into a superconducting (S) ring allowing phase biasing of the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-28 M. Meschke , J. T. Peltonen , J. P. Pekola , F. Giazotto

We theoretically investigate electronic transport through a junction where a quantum dot (QD) is tunnel coupled on both sides to semiconductor nanowires with strong spin-orbit interaction and proximity-induced superconductivity. The results…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-12-09 Guang-Yao Huang , Martin Leijnse , Karsten Flensberg , Hongqi 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…

A theory describing the operation of a superconducting nanowire quantum interference device (NQUID) is presented. The device consists of a pair of thin-film superconducting leads connected by a pair of topologically parallel ultra-narrow…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 David Pekker , Alexey Bezryadin , David S. Hopkins , Paul M. Goldbart

We present the fabrication of nanoscale superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) at the apex of wireframe tips on self-aligned superconducting cantilever probes. The probes are made on silicon wafers using molding techniques in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-19 Thijs J. Roskamp , Tim Horstink , Melissa J Goodwin , Erwin Berenschot , Edin Sarajilic , Roeland Huijink , Niels Tas , Hans Hilgenkamp

The nano-bridge junction (NBJ) is a type of Josephson junction that is advantageous for the miniaturization of superconducting circuits. However, the current-phase relation (CPR) of the NBJ usually deviates from a sinusoidal function which…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-08-03 Yue Wang , Lei Chen , Yinping Pan , Denghui Zhang , Shujie Yu , Guangting Wu , Xiaoyu Liu , Ling Wu , Weifeng Shi , Guofeng Zhang , Lu Zhang , Wei Peng , Jie Ren , Zhen Wang

In this work, we study the current phase relation ($C\Phi R$) of lithographically fabricated molybdenum germanium (MoGe) nanobridges, which is intimately linked to the nanobridge kinetic inductance. We do this by imbedding the nanobridges…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-08-11 H. Dausy , L. Nulens , B. Raes , M. J. Van Bael , J. Van de Vondel

We present results on ultra low noise YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ nano Superconducting QUantum Interference Devices (nanoSQUIDs). To realize such devices, we implemented high quality YBCO nanowires, working as weak links between two…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-03-07 Riccardo Arpaia , Marco Arzeo , Shahid Nawaz , Sophie Charpentier , Floriana Lombardi , Thilo Bauch

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

We report the fabrication of a directly coupled superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetometer in MgB2 using a focused ion beam (FIB) to create Josephson junctions in a 70 nm thick film of MgB2. The SQUID shows a voltage…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 G. Burnell , D. -J. Kang , D. A. Ansell , H. -N. Lee , S. -H. Moon , E. J. Tarte , M. G. Blamire

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

The continuous development of superconducting electronics is encouraging several studies on hybrid Josephson junctions (JJs) based on superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor (SFS) heterostructures, as either spintronic devices or…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-01-20 H. G. Ahmad , R. Caruso , A. Pal , G. Rotoli , G. P. Pepe , M. G. Blamire , F. Tafuri , D. Massarotti