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Controlling the current-phase relation (CPR) of Josephson elements is essential for tailoring the eigenstates of superconducting qubits, tuning the properties of parametric amplifiers, and designing nonreciprocal superconducting devices.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-02-19 L. Banszerus , C. W. Andersson , W. Marshall , T. Lindemann , M. J. Manfra , C. M. Marcus , S. Vaitiekėnas

Josephson tunnel junctions are essential elements of superconducting quantum circuits. The operability of these circuits presumes a $2\pi$-periodic sinusoidal potential of a tunnel junction, but higher-order corrections to this Josephson…

The Josephson diode effect (JDE), a nonreciprocal supercurrent, is a cornerstone for future dissipationless electronics, yet achieving high efficiency in a simple device architecture remains a significant challenge. Here, we theoretically…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-09-01 Guo-Liang Guo , Xiao-Hong Pan , Hao Dong , Xin Liu

We investigate the Josephson diode effect (JDE) within quasi-2D planar systems featuring the $C_{1v}$ spin-orbit coupling (SOC) and Zeeman fields in the normal region. Our analysis is based on experimental observations conducted on…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-08-29 Gongqi Wang , Jianjian Miao , Wei-Qiang Chen

We report on experiments with superconducting metamaterials containing Josephson junctions. In these structures, split-ring resonators used in conventional metamaterials are replaced by superconducting loops that are interrupted by…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-05-01 Philipp Jung , Susanne Butz , Sergey V. Shitov , Alexey V. Ustinov

The superconducting diode effect (SDE)-the unidirectional, dissipationless flow of supercurrent-is a critical element for future superconducting electronics. Achieving high efficiency under zero magnetic field is a key requirement. The…

We show a novel method for controlling the coupling of flux-based qubits by means of a superconducting transformer with variable flux transfer function. The device is realized by inserting a small hysteretic dc SQUID with unshunted…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Cosmelli , M. G. Castellano , F. Chiarello , R. Leoni , D. Simeone , G. Torrioli , P. Carelli

It has long been recognized that a control current $I_a$ injected into the section of a two-junction superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) is able to produce a change of its critical current $I_c$, so that a current gain…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-01-09 Roberto Monaco

A superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) was prepared on a micron-sized single crystal using a selected growth domain of a thin film of $CeCoIn_5$ grown by molecular beam epitaxy. SQUID voltage oscillations of good quality were…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2011-08-16 Oleksandr Foyevtsov , Fabrizio Porrati , Michael Huth

We propose the superconducting diode effect (SDE) in a planar s-wave/d-wave/s-wave Josephson junction as a direct phase-sensitive probe of the d-wave pairing function in high-Tc superconductors. Asymmetric interface coupling breaks…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-03 Guo-Liang Guo , Xin Liu

We consider the superconducting phase in a moving superconductor and show that it depends on the displacement flux. Generalized constitutive relations between the phase of a superconducting interference device (SQUID) and the position of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-24 François Konschelle , Yaroslav M. Blanter

We investigate chiral quantum dot (QD)-based Josephson junction and show the correlation-induced Josephson diode effect (JDE) in it. The presence of electron-electron interaction spontaneously creates an imbalance between up- and down-spin…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-03-26 Debika Debnath , Paramita Dutta

A Josephson diode is a superconducting circuit element that enables non-reciprocal transport, allowing a dissipationless supercurrent to preferentially flow in a single direction. Existing methods for achieving the required symmetry…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-11 David Scheer , Rubén Seoane Souto , Fabian Hassler , Jeroen Danon

Gate-tunable Josephson junctions (JJs) are the backbone of superconducting classical and quantum computation. Typically, these systems exploit low charge concentration materials, and present technological diffculties limiting their…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-24 Federico Paolucci , Francesco Vischi , Giorgio De Simoni , Claudio Guarcello , Paolo Solinas , Francesco Giazotto

We propose tunable superconducting split-ring resonators (SRRs) employing nonlinear Josephson inductance. A fraction of SRR is replaced by Nb-AlOx-Nb Josephson tunnel junctions connected in parallel and forming a superconducting quantum…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-17 A. Vidiborskiy , V. P. Koshelets , L. V. Filippenko , S. V. Shitov , A. V. Ustinov

We review experiments on small-capacitance Josephson junctions. When the Josephson junction is fabricated in the configuration of dc superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID), the Josephson coupling can be tuned IN SITU with an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michio Watanabe , David B. Haviland

We report development and microwave characterization of rf SQUID (Superconducting QUantum Interference Device) qubits, consisting of an aluminium-based Josephson junction embedded in a superconducting loop patterned from a thin film of TiN…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-29 J. T. Peltonen , P. C. J. J. Coumou , Z. H. Peng , T. M. Klapwijk , J. S. Tsai , O. V. Astafiev

The current-phase relation (CPR) of a Josephson junction (JJ) determines how the supercurrent evolves with the superconducting phase difference across the junction. Knowledge of the CPR is essential in order to understand the response of a…

Integrating 2D materials into circuit quantum electrodynamics (c-QED) devices is an emerging filed in recent years. This integration not only facilitates the exploration of potential applications in quantum information processing but also…

We propose theoretically a Josephson diode consisting of the conventional superconductors with the plain s-wave pairing and a chiral quantum dot. When an external magnetic field is exerted on the quantum dot, the critical current of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-05-31 Qiang Cheng , Qing-Feng Sun