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We construct a holographic model of superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) in the Einstein-Maxwell-complex scalar theory with a negative cosmological constant. The SQUID ring consists of two Josephson junctions which sit on two…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-17 Rong-Gen Cai , Yong-Qiang Wang , Hai-Qing Zhang

Modern Superconducting QUantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) are commonly fabricated from either Al or Nb electrodes, with an in-situ oxidation process to create a weak link between them. However, common problems of such planar nano- and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-08-18 Liam S. Farrar , Aimee Nevill , Zhen Jieh Lim , Geetha Balakrishnan , Sara Dale , Simon J. Bending

We study the transport properties of a superconductor-quantum spin Hall insulator-superconductor (S-QSHI-S) hybrid system in the presence of a microwave radiation. Instead of adiabatic analysis or using the resistively shunted junction…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-03-01 Yu-Hang Li , Jie Liu , Juntao Song , Hua Jiang , Qing-Feng Sun , X. C. Xie

We theoretically study the Shapiro steps in a hetero Josephson junction made of a single-gap superconductor and a two-gap one. We find that an anomalous DC Josephson current is induced by tuning the frequency of an applied microwave to the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-10-28 Yukihiro Ota , Masahiko Machida , Tomio Koyama

Superconducting diodes, characterized by the nonreciprocal supercurrent flow, have gained significant attention for their potential in dissipationless electronics. This study presents a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID)…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-02-28 Xingjun Wu , Ji-Yin Wang , Haitian Su , Shili Yan , Dong Pan , Jianhua Zhao , Po Zhang , H. Q. Xu

The current-voltage characteristics of Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) are known to modulate as a function of applied magnetic field with a period of one flux quantum $\Phi_0=h$/2e. Here we report on the fabrication…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 C. W. Schneider , G. Hammerl , G. Logvenov , T. Kopp , J. R. Kirtley , P. J. Hirschfeld , J. Mannhart

We report on half-integer Shapiro steps observed in an InAs nanowire Josephson junction. We observed the Shapiro steps of the short ballistic InAs nanowire Josephson junction and found anomalous half-integer steps in addition to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-23 Kento Ueda , Sadashige Matsuo , Hiroshi Kamata , Yosuke Sato , Yuusuke Takeshige , Kan Li , Lars Samuelson , Hongqi Xu , Seigo Tarucha

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

We report on the fabrication and electrical transport properties of gate-tunable superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs), made of semiconducting PbS nanowire contacted with PbIn superconducting electrodes. Applied with a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-08 Hong-Seok Kim , Bum-Kyu Kim , Yiming Yang , Xingyue Peng , Soon-Gul Lee , Dong Yu , Yong-Joo Doh

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

We present a measurement protocol for a flux qubit coupled to a dc-Superconducting QUantum Interference Device (SQUID), representative of any two-state system with a controllable coupling to an harmonic oscillator quadrature, which consists…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-08-18 I. Serban , B. L. T. Plourde , F. K. Wilhelm

We theoretically investigate the macroscopic quantum dynamics of a pi junction with a superconductor (S) and a multiferroic material or a ferromagnetic insulator (FI). By deriving the effective action from a microscopic Hamiltonian, a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Shiro Kawabata , Satoshi Kashiwaya , Yasuhiro Asano , Yukio Tanaka , Alexander A. Golubov

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

Engineering artificial systems by twisting and stacking van der Waals materials has proven to be an excellent platform for exploring emergent quantum phenomena that can be significantly different from the constituents. Recent advances in…

We present a method for fabricating Josephson junctions and superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) which is based on the local anodization of niobium strip lines 3 to 6.5 nm-thick under the voltage-biased tip of an Atomic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 V. Bouchiat , M. Faucher , C. Thirion , W. Wernsdorfer , T. Fournier , B. Pannetier

Schmid transition was introduced first as a superconductor-insulator transition in the zero-frequency response of a shunted Josephson junction in equilibrium at zero temperature. As it is typical for a quantum impurity problem, at finite…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-08-31 Manuel Houzet , Tsuyoshi Yamamoto , Leonid I. Glazman

A numerical model based on a lumped circuit element approximation for a bi-superconducting quantum interference device (bi-SQUID) operating in the presence of an external magnetic field is presented in this paper. Included in the model is…

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

We study a 0-$\pi$ dc superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) with asymmetric inductances and critical currents of the two Josephson junctions (JJs). By considering such a dc SQUID as a black box with two terminals, we calculate…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-18 E. Goldobin , D. Koelle , R. Kleiner

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