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We demonstrate a sensitive method of charge detection based on radio-frequency readout of the Josephson inductance of a superconducting single-electron transistor. Charge sensitivity $1.4 \times 10^{-4}e/\sqrt{Hz}$, limited by preamplifier,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Mika A. Sillanpaa , Leif Roschier , Pertti J. Hakonen

We describe here the first experimental realization of a heat interferometer, thermal counterpart of the well-known superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID). These findings demonstrate, on the first place, the existence of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-05-09 M. J. Martínez-Pérez , P. Solinas , F. 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…

Planar Josephson junctions (JJs) based on InSb nanoflags have recently emerged as an intriguing platform in superconducting electronics. This letter presents the fabrication and investigation of superconducting quantum interference devices…

We have fabricated arrays of High-T$_c$ Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) with randomly distributed loop sizes as sensitive antennas for Radio-Frequency (RF) waves. These sub-wavelength size devices known as…

Nonreciprocal microwave devices play several critical roles in high-fidelity, quantum-nondemolition (QND) measurement schemes. They separate input from output, impose unidirectional routing of readout signals, and protect the quantum…

Low-temperature characters of superconducting devices yield definite probes for different superconducting phenomena. We study the macroscopic quantum tunneling (MQT) in a Josephson junction, composed of a single-gap superconductor and a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-12-19 Hidehiro Asai , Shiro Kawabata , Yukihiro Ota , Masahiko Machida

Superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) that incorporate two superconductor/insulator/superconductor (SIS) Josephson junctions in a closed loop form the core of some of the most sensitive detectors of magnetic and electric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-11 Taewan Noh , Andrew Kindseth , Venkat Chandrasekhar

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 study operation of a new device, the superconducting differential double contour interferometer (DDCI), in application for the ultra sensitive detection of magnetic flux and for digital read out of the state of the superconducting flux…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-11-22 V. L. Gurtovoi , V. N. Antonov , A. V. Nikulov , R. Shaikhaidarov , V. A. Tulin

We implemented experimentally an interferometer-type charge qubit consisting of a single-Cooper-pair transistor closed by a superconducting loop that is in flip-chip configuration inductively coupled to a radio frequency tank circuit. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Born , V. I. Shnyrkov , W. Krech , Th. Wagner , E. Il'ichev , M. Grajcar , U. Huebner , H. -G. Meyer

The design of a 1 micrometer gate length depletion-mode InSb quantum-well field-effect transistor (QWFET) with a 10 nm-thick Al2O3 gate dielectric has been optimized using a quantum corrected self-consistent Schrodinger-Poisson (QCSP) and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-06-28 R. Islam , M. M. Uddin , M. Mofazzal Hossain , M. B. Santos , M. A. Matin , Y. Hirayama

A superconducting magnetometers based on the magnetic field dependence of the Eck step voltage in long Josephson tunnel junctions (LJTJs) is demonstrated. The field to be measured is applied perpendicular to a continuous superconducting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-18 Roberto Monaco , Carmine Granata , Roberto Russo , antonio Vettoliere

An interferometric device is proposed in order to analyze the quartet mode in biased three-terminal Josephson junctions (TTJs), and to provide experimental evidence for emergence of a single stationary phase, the so-called quartet phase. In…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-04-25 Régis Mélin , Denis Feinberg

Superconducting quantum circuits provide a versatile platform for studying quantum materials by leveraging precise microwave control and utilizing the tools of circuit quantum electrodynamics (QED). Hybrid circuit devices incorporating…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-24 Sheng-Wen Huang , Ramya Suresh , Jian Liao , Botao Du , Zachary Miles , Leonid P. Rokhinson , Yong P. Chen , Ruichao Ma

The properties of Josephson devices are strongly affected by geometrical effects. A loop-shaped superconducting electrode tightly couples a long Josephson tunnel junction with the surrounding electromagnetic field. Due to the fluxoid…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-04-23 Roberto Monaco

Superinductors are circuit elements characterised by an intrinsic impedance in excess of the superconducting resistance quantum ($R_\text{Q}\approx6.45~$k$\Omega$), with applications from metrology and sensing to quantum computing. However,…

Superconducting Quantum Interference Filters (SQIFs) are arrays of superconducting loops of different sizes including Josephson Junctions (JJ). For a random distribution of sizes, they present a non-periodic response to an applied magnetic…

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

The Josephson effect represents perhaps the prototype of macroscopic phase coherence and is at the basis of the most widespread interferometer, i.e., the superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID). Yet, in analogy to electric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-03-21 F. Giazotto , M. J. Martinez-Perez