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We have developed a novel fabrication process for ultra-small, full-epitaxial NbN Josephson junctions on a silicon (Si) substrate. A full-epitaxial NbN/AlN/NbN tri-layer was grown on a Si (100) wafer with a (200)-oriented TiN buffer layer.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-12-02 Wei Qiu , Hirotaka Terai

We carry out an extensive experimental and theoretical study of the Josephson effect in S-N-S junctions made of a diffusive normal metal (N) embedded between two superconducting electrodes (S). Our experiments are performed on Nb-Cu-Nb…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 P. Dubos , H. Courtois , B. Pannetier , F. K. Wilhelm , A. D. Zaikin , G. Schon

We calculate the Josephson current in a diffusive superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor junction, where the ferromagnetic region contains multiple layers (or domains). In particular, we study a configuration where there are two layers…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 Iver B. Sperstad , Jacob Linder , Asle Sudbø

Qubits on solid state devices could potentially provide the rapid control necessary for developing scalable quantum information processors. Materials innovation and design breakthroughs have increased functionality and coherence of qubits…

Qubit information processors are increasing in footprint but currently rely on e-beam lithography for patterning the required Josephson junctions (JJs). Advanced optical lithography is an alternative patterning method, and we report on the…

The simultaneous suppression of charge fluctuations and offsets is crucial for preserving quantum coherence in devices exploiting large quantum fluctuations of the superconducting phase. This requires an environment with both extremely low…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-10-11 Nicholas A. Masluk , Ioan M. Pop , Archana Kamal , Zlatko K. Minev , Michel H. Devoret

A new technique is presented which enables the fabrication of highly transparent Josephson junctions in combination with mesoscopic devices. We utilize a modified AFM tip to plough grooves into superconducting material, thus defining a weak…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 B. Irmer , F. Simmel , R. H. Blick , H. Lorenz , J. P. Kotthaus , M. Bichler , W. Wegscheider

Josephson junctions constructed from superconductor-semiconductor-superconductor heterostructures have been used to realize a variety of voltage-tunable superconducting quantum devices, including qubits and parametric amplifiers. To date…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-03 Utkan Güngördü , Rusko Ruskov , Silas Hoffman , Kyle Serniak , Andrew J. Kerman , Charles Tahan

We demonstrate experimentally manipulation of supercurrent in Al-AlO_x-Ti Josephson tunnel junctions by injecting quasiparticles in a Ti island from two additional tunnel-coupled Al superconducting reservoirs. Both supercurrent enhancement…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-09-10 S. Tirelli , A. M. Savin , C. Pascual Garcia , J. P. Pekola , F. Beltram , F. Giazotto

Magnetic-field-resilient superconducting circuits enable sensing applications and hybrid quantum-computing architectures involving spin or topological qubits and electro-mechanical elements, as well as studying flux noise and quasiparticle…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-03-15 J. Krause , C. Dickel , E. Vaal , M. Vielmetter , J. Feng , R. Bounds , G. Catelani , J. M. Fink , Yoichi Ando

Current-phase relation in a Josephson junction formed by putting two s-wave superconductors on the same edge of a two dimensional topological insulator is investigated. We consider the case that the junction length is finite and magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-13 Shu-feng Zhang , Wei Zhu , Qing-feng Sun

Circuit quantum electrodynamics systems are typically built from resonators and two-level artificial atoms, but the use of multi-level artificial atoms instead can enable promising applications in quantum technology. Here we present an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-08-05 É. Dumur , B. Küng , A. K. Feofanov , T. Weissl , N. Roch , C. Naud , W. Guichard , O. Buisson

We describe a fabrication stackup for digital logic with 16 superconducting NbTiN layers, self-shunted a-silicon barrier Josephson Junctions (JJs), and low loss, high-$\kappa$ tunable HZO capacitors. The stack enables 400 MJJ/cm$^2$ device…

Topological superconductivity holds promise for fault-tolerant quantum computing. While planar Josephson junctions are attractive candidates to realize this exotic state, direct phase-measurements as the fingerprint of the topological…

Josephson junctions with ferromagnetic layers are vital elements in a new class of cryogenic memory devices. One style of memory device contains a spin valve with one "hard" magnetic layer and one "soft" layer. To achieve low switching…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-10-20 Joseph A. Glick , Reza Loloee , W. P. Pratt, , Norman O. Birge

High-fidelity, efficient quantum nondemolition readout of quantum bits is integral to the goal of quantum computation. As superconducting circuits approach the requirements of scalable, universal fault tolerance, qubit readout must also…

Planar Josephson junctions (JJs) have emerged as a promising platform for the realization of topological superconductivity and Majorana zero modes. To obtain robust quasi one-dimensional (1D) topological superconducting states using planar…

Hybrid superconductor-semiconductor Josephson field-effect transistors (JoFETs) function as Josephson junctions with a gate-tunable critical current. Additionally, they can feature a non-sinusoidal current-phase relation (CPR) containing…

We report the successful fabrication of planar V/Cu/V mesoscopic Josephson weak-links of different size, and the analysis of their low-temperature behavior. The shorter junctions exhibit critical currents of several tens of microA at 350…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-04-06 C. Pascual Garcia , F. Giazotto

We study the coherence of flux-tunable Josephson junction resonators made with two different fabrication processes. In the first process, devices are made using a single step of evaporation in which the resonator and the junctions of the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-11-19 S. Yanai , G. A. Steele