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We investigate resonance phenomena in a system consisting of a nanomagnet coupled to a Josephson junction under external periodic drive. The coupling in the system leads to appearance of additional resonance peaks whose properties depend on…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-07-14 K. V. Kulikov , D. V. Anghel , M. Nashaat , M. Dolineanu , M. Sameh , Yu. M. Shukrinov

Neuromorphic engineering makes use of mixed-signal analog and digital circuits to directly emulate the computational principles of biological brains. Such electronic systems offer a high degree of adaptability, robustness, and energy…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-09 Loris Mendolia , Chenxi Wen , Elisabetta Chicca , Giacomo Indiveri , Rodolphe Sepulchre , Jean-Michel Redouté , Alessio Franci

We theoretically consider a Josephson junction formed by a ferromagnetic spacer with a strong spin-orbit interaction or a magnetic spin valve, i.e., a bilayer with one static and one free layer. Electron spin transport facilitates a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 Silas Hoffman , Ya. M. Blanter , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak

We present a design-scheme for ultra-low power neuromorphic hardware using emerging spin-devices. We propose device models for 'neuron', based on lateral spin valves and domain wall magnets that can operate at ultra-low terminal voltage of…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2012-07-19 Mrigank Sharad , Charles Augustine , Georgios Panagopoulos , Kaushik Roy

Single flux quantum (SFQ) circuits form a natural neuromorphic technology with SFQ pulses and superconducting transmission lines simulating action potentials and axons, respectively. Here we present a new component, magnetic Josephson…

The marriage of two vibrant fields---photonics and neuromorphic processing---is fundamentally enabled by the strong analogies within the underlying physics between the dynamics of biological neurons and lasers, both of which can be…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2014-07-11 Bhavin J. Shastri , Alexander N. Tait , Mitchell A. Nahmias , Paul R. Prucnal

Neural networks have proven effective for solving many difficult computational problems. Implementing complex neural networks in software is very computationally expensive. To explore the limits of information processing, it will be…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-04-20 Jeffrey M. Shainline , Sonia M. Buckley , Richard P. Mirin , Sae Woo Nam

This review discusses the electronic properties and the prospective research directions of superconductor-graphene heterostructures. The basic electronic properties of graphene are introduced to highlight the unique possibility of combining…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-18 Gil-Ho Lee , Hu-Jong Lee

Neuromorphic computing is poised to further the success of software-based neural networks by utilizing improved customized hardware. However, the translation of neuromorphic algorithms to hardware specifications is a problem that has been…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2022-08-03 Andres E. Lombo , Jesus E. Lares , Matteo Castellani , Chi-Ning Chou , Nancy Lynch , Karl K. Berggren

The co-location of memory and processing is a core principle of neuromorphic computing. A local memory device for synaptic weight storage has long been recognized as an enabling element for large-scale, high-performance neuromorphic…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-11-13 Bryce A. Primavera , Saeed Khan , Richard P. Mirin , Sae Woo Nam , Jeffrey M. Shainline

Neuromorphic computing seeks to replicate the remarkable efficiency, flexibility, and adaptability of the human brain in artificial systems. Unlike conventional digital approaches, which suffer from the Von Neumann bottleneck and depend on…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Marcel van Gerven

We investigate dynamical transport aspects of a combined nanomechanical-superconducting device in which Cooper pair tunneling interfere with the mechanical motion of a vibrating molecular quantum dot embedded in a Josephson junction. Six…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-04-22 J. Fransson , A. V. Balatsky , J. -X. Zhu

Topological superconductors are appealing building blocks for robust and reliable quantum information processing. Most platforms for engineering topological superconductivity rely on a combination of superconductors, materials with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-06 Ignacio Sardinero , Rubén Seoane Souto , Pablo Burset

Neuromorphic computing has come to refer to a variety of brain-inspired computers, devices, and models that contrast the pervasive von Neumann computer architecture. This biologically inspired approach has created highly connected synthetic…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-05-22 Catherine D. Schuman , Thomas E. Potok , Robert M. Patton , J. Douglas Birdwell , Mark E. Dean , Garrett S. Rose , James S. Plank

We propose a hybrid quantum device based on the graphene Josephson junctions, where the vibrational degrees of freedom of a graphene membrane couple to the superconducting circuits. The flexural mode-controlled tunneling of the Cooper pairs…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Zhen-Yang Peng , Mehdi Abdi

Superconducting devices, which rely on modulating a complex superconducting order parameter in a Josephson junction, have been developed for low power logic operations, high-frequency oscillators, and exquisite magnetic field sensors.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-17 Burm Baek , William H. Rippard , Samuel P. Benz , Stephen E. Russek , Paul D. Dresselhaus

The circuits comprising superconducting optoelectronic synapses, dendrites, and neurons are described by numerically cumbersome and formally opaque coupled differential equations. Reference 1 showed that a phenomenological model of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-09-27 Jeffrey M. Shainline , Bryce A. Primavera , Ryan O'Loughlin

We investigate the superfluid dynamics of a Josephson junction beyond the mean-field description, incorporating the role of thermal fluctuations as well as quantum fluctuations. Using a formalism that accounts for the fluctuations in a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2026-05-01 Andrea Bardin , Francesco Lorenzi , Luca Salasnich

Made of a thin non-superconducting metal (N) sandwiched by two superconductors (S), SNS Josephson junctions enable novel quantum functionalities by mixing up the intrinsic electronic properties of N with the superconducting correlations…

Discrete arrays of Josephson junction elements differ from their continuum counterparts in two essential ways: i) localized dynamic states in discrete arrays, which are not present in the corresponding continuum system, can interact with…

chao-dyn · Physics 2008-02-03 R. D. Parmentier