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We demonstrate a highly linear superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) amplifier based on a double-loop (Bi-SQUID) architecture incorporating three superconductor-normal metal-superconductor (S-N-S) junctions. Fabricated using…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-10-06 G. Trupiano , E. Riccardi , C. Puglia , M. Kiczynski , A. Gardin , G. De Simoni , G. C. Tettamanzi , F. Giazotto

In superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs), the superconducting diode effect may be generated by interference of multiple harmonic components in the current-phase relationships (CPRs) of different branches forming SQUID loops.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-04-16 Wyatt Gibbons , Teng Zhang , Kevin Barrow , Tyler Lindemann , Jukka I. Väyrynen , Michael J. Manfra

Micron size superconducting quantum interference devices ($\mu$-SQUID) of lead (Pb), for probing nano-magnetism, were fabricated and characterized. In order to get continuous Pb films with small grain size, Pb was thermally evaporated on a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-12-06 Sagar Paul , Sourav Biswas , Anjan K. Gupta

A new type of a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) based on a single superconducting loop without Josephson junctions and with asymmetric link-up of current leads is proposed. This SQUID offers advantages in simplicity of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-19 A. A. Burlakov , V. L. Gurtovoi , A. I. Ilin , A. V. Nikulov , V. A. Tulin

Diodes have a nonreciprocal voltage versus current relationship, produced by breaking the space and time reversal symmetry. However, developing high-end superconducting computers requires a superconducting analogue of the traditional…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-10-03 Cliff Sun , Ziqi Zhao , Alexey Bezryadin

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…

In this paper we discuss the coupling between a quantum mechanical superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) and an applied static magnetic field. We demonstrate that the backreaction of a SQUID on the applied field can interfere…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 J. F. Ralph , T. D. Clark , M. J. Everitt , P. Stiffell

Semiconducting diode with nonreciprocal transport effect underlies the cornerstone of contemporary integrated circuits (ICs) technology. Due to isotropic superconducting properties and the lack of breaking of inversion symmetry for…

Nonreciprocal transport refers to charge transfer processes that are sensitive to the bias polarity. Until recently, nonreciprocal transport was studied only in dissipative systems, where the nonreciprocal quantity is the resistance. Recent…

Micron-sized superconducting interference devices ($\mu$-SQUIDs) based on constrictions optimized for minimizing thermal runaway are shown to exhibit voltage oscillations with applied magnetic flux despite their hysteretic behavior. We…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-11-28 Sourav Biswas , Clemens B. Winkelmann , Hervé Courtois , Anjan K. Gupta

Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) are one of the most popular devices in superconducting electronics. They combine the Josephson effect with the quantization of magnetic flux in superconductors. This gives rise to one of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-05-21 M. J. Martínez-Pérez , D. Koelle

We present the design, realization and performance of a three-axis vector nano Superconducting QUantum Interference Device (nanoSQUID). It consists of three mutually orthogonal SQUID nanoloops that allow distinguishing the three components…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-06-24 M. J. Martínez-Pérez , D. Gella , B. Müller , V. Morosh , R. Wöbling , J. Sesé , O. Kieler , R. Kleiner , D. Koelle

The superconducting diode is an emergent device that juggles between the Cooper-paired state and the resistive state with unpaired quasiparticles. Here, we report a quantum version of the superconducting diode, which operates solely between…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-09-30 Heng Wang , Yuying Zhu , Zhonghua Bai , Zhaozheng Lyu , Jiangang Yang , Lin Zhao , X. J. Zhou , Genda Gu , Qi-Kun Xue , Ding Zhang

An ordinary superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) contains two weak links connected in parallel. We model a multiple-wire SQUID (MW-SQUID), generalized in two ways. First, the number of weak links, which are provided by…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-06-24 Cliff Sun , Alexey Bezryadin

DC superconducting quantum interference devices (dc-SQUIDs) were fabricated in Co-doped BaFe2As2 epitaxial films on (La, Sr)(Al, Ta)O3 bicrystal substrates with 30deg misorientation angles. The 18 x 8 micro-meter^2 SQUID loop with an…

We control transition frequency of a superconducting flux qubit coupled to a frequency-tunable resonator comprising a direct current superconducting quantum interference device (dc-SQUID) by microwave driving. The dc-SQUID mediates the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-08 Hiraku Toida , Takuya Ohrai , Yuichiro Matsuzaki , Kosuke Kakuyanagi , Shiro Saito

The Josephson diode (JD) is a non-reciprocal circuit element that supports a larger critical current in one direction compared to the other. This effect has gained a growing interest because of promising applications in superconducting…

We theoretically study the quasiparticle current behaviour of a thermally-biased bipolar thermoelectrical superconducting quantum interference proximity transistor, formed by a normal metal wire embedded in a superconducting ring and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-10-12 Claudio Guarcello , Roberta Citro , Francesco Giazotto , Alessandro Braggio

We report the fabrication and characterization of superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) made of Sb-doped Bi2Se3 topological insulator (TI) nanoribbon (NR) contacted with PbIn superconducting electrodes. When an external…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-06 Nam-Hee Kim , Hong-Seok Kim , Yasen Hou , Dong Yu , Yong-Joo Doh

A Josephson diode passes current with zero resistance in one direction but is resistive in the other direction. While such an effect has been observed in several platforms, a large and tunable Josephson diode effect has been rare. Here we…