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We develop a fast Magnetic Josephson Junction (MJJ) - a superconducting ferromagnetic device for a scalable high-density cryogenic memory compatible in speed and fabrication with energy-efficient Single Flux Quantum (SFQ) circuits. We…

Superconductor-insulator-ferromagnet-superconductor (SIFS) Josephson tunnel junctions based on Nb\Al2O3\Ni\Cu\Nb stacks with a thickness step in the metallic NiCu interlayer were fabricated. The step height of a few 0.1 nm was defined by…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-07-20 M. Weides

Josephson tunnel junctions are essential elements of superconducting quantum circuits. The operability of these circuits presumes a $2\pi$-periodic sinusoidal potential of a tunnel junction, but higher-order corrections to this Josephson…

Recent progress in superconductor electronics fabrication has enabled single-flux-quantum (SFQ) digital circuits with close to one million Josephson junctions (JJs) on 1-cm$^2$ chips. Increasing the integration scale further is challenging…

We present ferromagnetic Nb/Al2O3/Ni60Cu40/Nb Josephson junctions (SIFS) with an ultrathin Al2O3 tunnel barrier. The junction fabrication was optimized regarding junction insulation and homogeneity of current transport. Using…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Weides , K. Tillmann , H. Kohlstedt

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 consider two types of magnetic Josephson junctions~(JJ). They are formed by two singlet superconductors~S and magnetic layers between them so that the JJ is a heterostructure of the S$_{\text{m}}$/n/S$_{\text{m}}$ type,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-11-11 Andreas Moor , Anatoly F. Volkov , Konstantin B. Efetov

Higher harmonics in current phase relations of Josephson Junctions (JJs) are predicted to be observed when the first harmonic is suppressed. Conventional theoretical models predict higher harmonics to be extremely sensitive to changes in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-02-24 Avradeep Pal , Z. H. Barber , J. W. A. Robinson , M. G. Blamire

Flux tuning of qubit frequencies in superconducting quantum processors is fundamental for implementing single and multi-qubit gates in quantum algorithms. Typical architectures involve the use of DC or fast RF lines. However, these lines…

We present an exhaustive study of the coherent heat transport through superconductor-ferromagnet(S-F) Josephson junctions including a spin-filter (I$_{sf}$) tunneling barrier. By using the quasiclassical Keldysh Green's function technique…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-07-23 F. S. Bergeret , F. Giazotto

The increased capabilities of coupling more and more materials through functional interfaces are paving the way to a series of exciting experiments and extremely advanced devices. Here we focus on the capability of magnetically…

We investigate Magnetic Josephson Junction (MJJ) - a superconducting device with ferromagnetic barrier for a scalable high-density cryogenic memory compatible with energy-efficient single flux quantum (SFQ) circuits. The…

We demonstrate that shunting of Superconductor-Insulator-Superconductor Josephson junctions by Superconductor-Insulator-Normal metal (S-I-N) structures having pronounced non-linear I-V characteristics can remarkably modify the Josephson…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 A. B. Zorin , M. I. Khabipov , D. V. Balashov , R. Dolata , F. -I. Buchholz , J. Niemeyer

The effect of dc electrical stress and breakdown on Josephson and quasiparticle tunneling in Nb/Al/AlOx/Nb junctions with ultrathin AlOx barriers typical for applications in superconductor digital electronics has been investigated. The…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-01-05 Sergey K. Tolpygo , Denis Amparo

Josephson elements are cornerstones of cryogenic classical and quantum superconducting technology, owing to their nonlinearity. Two important types of Josephson elements are often considered distinct: the tunnel junction…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-06 A. Mert Bozkurt , Valla Fatemi

Within the framework of the microscopic model of tunneling, we modelled the behavior of the Josephson junction shunted by the Superconductor-Insulator-Normal metal (SIN) tunnel junction. We found that the electromagnetic impedance of the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 A. B. Zorin , E. M. Tolkacheva , M. I. Khabipov , F. -I. Buchholz , J. Niemeyer

The physics of the "Pi" phase shift in ferromagnetic Josephson junctions enables a range of applications for spin-electronic devices and quantum computing. In this respect our research is devoted to the evaluation of the best materials for…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-07-08 Samanta Piano

Microscopic inhomogeneity within superconducting films is a critical bottleneck hindering the performance and scalability of quantum circuits. All-nitride Josephson Junctions (JJs) have attracted substantial attention for their potential to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-09 Prachi Garg , Danqing Wang , Hong X. Tang , Baishakhi Mazumder

Magnetic Josephson junctions (MJJs) have emerged as a prominent playground to explore the interplay between superconductivity and ferromagnetism. A series of fascinating experiments have revealed striking phenomena at the…

Gate-tunable Josephson junctions (JJs) are the backbone of superconducting classical and quantum computation. Typically, these systems exploit low charge concentration materials, and present technological diffculties limiting their…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-24 Federico Paolucci , Francesco Vischi , Giorgio De Simoni , Claudio Guarcello , Paolo Solinas , Francesco Giazotto