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Memristive circuit elements constitute a cornerstone for novel electronic applications, such as neuromorphic computing, called to revolutionize information technologies. By definition, memristors are sensitive to the history of electrical…

Josephson junction spectroscopy is a powerful local microwave spectroscopy technique that has promising potential as a diagnostic tool to probe the microscopic origins of noise in superconducting qubits. We present advancements toward…

We study experimentally and numerically the zero-voltage supercurrent vs. magnetic field of non-uniform arrays of Josephson junctions parallel-connected by a superconducting stripline. The measured curves are complex, unique and in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Boussaha , J. G. Caputo , L. Loukitch , M. Salez

Reconfigurable memristors featuring neural and synaptic functions hold great potential for neuromorphic circuits by simplifying system architecture, cutting power consumption, and boosting computational efficiency. Their additive…

Ferroelectric tunnel junctions offer potential for non-volatile memory with low power, fast switching, and scalability, but their performance is limited by a high resistance-area product and a low tunnel electroresistance ratio. To address…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-16 Balram Khattar , Adarsh Tripathi , Manmohan Brahma , Abhishek Sharma

We develop the concept of fractal metamaterials which consist of arrays of nano and micron sized rings containing Josephson junctions which play the role of "atoms" in such artificial materials. We show that if some of the junctions have…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-06-07 Derek Michael Forrester , Karl E. Kürten , Feodor V. Kusmartsev

We propose a novel Josephson device in which 0 and $\pi$ states are controlled by an electrical current. In this system, the $\pi$ state appears in a superconductor/normal metal/superconductor junction due to the non-local spin accumulation…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 T. Yamashita , S. Takahashi , S. Maekawa

The magnetic correlations at the superconductor/ferromagnet (S/F) interfaces play a crucial role in realizing dissipation-less spin-based logic and memory technologies, such as triplet-supercurrent spin-valves and "{\pi}" Josephson…

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…

Mechanical metamaterials composed of bistable elements have recently emerged as promising platforms for mechanical memory. Traditional approaches to writing information in these systems typically rely on localized actuation or predefined…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-08-29 Audrey A. Watkins , Giovanni Bordiga , Mingxing Mu , Vincent Tournat , Katia Bertoldi

We study theoretically the effects of interfacial Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling in superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor (S/F/S) Josephson junctions---with allowing for tunneling barriers between the layers---by solving the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-01-30 Andreas Costa , Petra Högl , Jaroslav Fabian

The addition of nonlinearity to an harmonic resonator provides a route to complex dynamical behaviour of resonant modes, including coupling between them. We present a superconducting device that makes use of the nonlinearity of Josephson…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-02-10 G. Tancredi , G. Ithier , P. J. Meeson

The magneto-electrostatic tailoring of the supercurrent in quantum point contact ballistic Josephson junctions is demonstrated. An etched InAs-based heterostructure is laterally contacted to superconducting niobium leads and the existence…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-04-09 M. Amado , A. Fornieri , F. Carillo , G. Biasiol , L. Sorba , V. Pellegrini , F. Giazotto

Josephson junctions with ferromagnetic barrier can have positive or negative critical current depending on the thickness $d_F$ of the ferromagnetic layer. Accordingly, the Josephson phase in the ground state is equal to 0 (a conventional or…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-03-18 C. Gürlich , S. Scharinger , M. Weides , H. Kohlstedt , R. G. Mints , E. Goldobin , D. Koelle , R. Kleiner

Superconductors can form ideal diodes carrying nondissipative supercurrents in the forward direction and dissipative currents in the backward direction. The Josephson diode has proven to be a promising design where the junction between the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-09-04 Lina Johnsen Kamra , Liang Fu

MiTMoJCo (Microscopic Tunneling Model for Josephson Contacts) is C code which aims to assist modeling of superconducting Josephson contacts based on the microscopic tunneling theory. The code offers implementation of a computationally…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-03-31 Dmitry R. Gulevich

Superconducting circuits based on quantum phase-slip junctions (QPSJs) can conduct quantized charge pulses, which naturally resemble action potentials generated by biological neurons. A corresponding synaptic circuit, which works as a…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2019-03-27 Ran Cheng , Uday S. Goteti , Michael C. Hamilton

We present results of numerical simulations of a metamaterial element (meta-atom) for planar negative media based on cuprate Josephson junctions. The proposed circuit consists of two coupled resonators: "magnetic dipole" and "electric…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-02-06 A. V. Shadrin , S. E. Bankov , G. A. Ovsyannikov , K. Y. Constantinian

We present implementations of two physically-embedded computation-universal logical operations using a 2-bit logical unit composed of coupled quantum flux parametrons -- Josephson-junction superconducting circuits. To illustrate…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-02-10 Kuen Wai Tang , Kyle J. Ray , James P. Crutchfield

We present measurements of Josephson junctions containing three magnetic layers with noncolinear magnetizations. The junctions are of the form $S/F^{\prime}/N/F/N/F^{\prime \prime}/S$, where $S$ is superconducting Nb, $F^\prime$ is either a…