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We calculate the phase, the temperature and the junction length dependence of the supercurrent for ballistic graphene Josephson-junctions. For low temperatures we find non-sinusoidal dependence of the supercurrent on the superconductor…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-10-13 I. Hagymási , A. Kormányos , J. Cserti

It is well known that the current-biased Josephson junction (CBJJ) can serve as a Josephson threshold detector (JTD) for the sensitive detection of weak microwave signals. Based on the recent work (PRB {\bf 111}, 024501 (2025)) on the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-24 Y. Q. Chai , M. Y. Wang , S. N. Wang , P. H. Ouyang , L. F. Wei

The current state of Quantum computing (QC) is extremely optimistic, and we are at a point where researchers have produced highly sophisticated quantum algorithms to address far reaching problems. However, it is equally apparent that the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-17 Adrian D. Scheppe , Michael V. Pak

Energy level quantization (ELQ) is studied to clarify the macroscopic quantum dynamics of the d-wave Josephson junction (JJ). The influences of the nodal quasiparticles of d-wave superconductivity on the damping effect are numerically…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 H. Kashiwaya , T. Matsumoto , S. Kashiwaya , H. Shibata , H. Eisaki , Y. Yoshida , S. Kawabata , Y. Tanaka

The control of cryogenic qubits in today's superconducting quantum computer prototypes presents significant scalability challenges due to the massive costs of generating/routing the analog control signals that need to be sent from a…

Theoretically, Josephson junction (JJ) arrays can exhibit either a superconducting or insulating state, separated by a quantum phase transition (QPT). In this work, we analyzed published data on QPTs in three one-dimensional arrays and two…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-11-12 Samuel Feldman , Andrey Rogachev

We propose to probe the distribution of current fluctuations by means of the escape probability histogram of a Josephson junction (JJ), obtained using very short bias current pulses in the adiabatic regime, where the low-frequency component…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-09-10 Fabio Taddei , Frank W. J. Hekking

Quantum processing units (QPUs) based on superconducting Josephson junctions promise significant advances in quantum computing. However, they face critical challenges. Decoherence, scalability limitations, and error correction overhead…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-04-04 Omid Mohebi , Alireza Hesam Mohseni

The development of quantum computers based on superconductors requires the improvement of the qubit state control approach aimed at the increase of the hardware energy efficiency. A promising solution to this problem is the use of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-19 Vsevolod Vozhakov , Marina Bastrakova , Nikolay Klenov , Arkady Satanin , Igor Soloviev

By irradiating with a single ultrafast laser pulse a superconducting electrode of a Josephson junction it is possible to drive the quasiparticles (qp's) distribution strongly out of equilibrium. The behavior of the Josephson device can,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Lucignano , G. Rotoli , E. Santamato , A. Tagliacozzo

The superconducting Josephson junction has been demonstrated to be a strong candidate for building quantum bits or "qubits" which are the components of a future quantum computer. In recent years, considerable theoretical and experimental…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-09-17 Z. Thrailkill , S. Kennerly , A. Tyler , R. C. Ramos

To investigate in-phase structures (rectangular lattice) of Josephson vortex lattice (JVL) in intrinsic Josephson junctions (IJJs) of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d, we fabricated IJJs with various lateral sizes down to a size of non-linear core of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Urayama , T. Hatano , H. B. Wang , M. Nagao , S. M. Kim , J. Arai

We investigate the physics of coherent quantum phase slips in two distinct circuits containing small Josephson junctions: (i) a single junction embedded in an inductive environment and (ii) a long chain of junctions. Starting from the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 W. Guichard , F. W. J. Hekking

Fast phase logic (FPL) is a novel digital superconductor electronic (SCE) logic family that employs multiple junction types, including switching 0-Josephson junctions (0-JJs), non-switching 0-JJ stacks, and $\pi$-JJs. FPL enables flexible,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-05-05 Sasan Razmkhah , Douglas Scott Holmes , Massoud Pedram

The two-level systems (TLSs) naturally occurring in Josephson junctions constitute a major obstacle for the operation of superconducting phase qubits. Since these TLSs can possess remarkably long decoherence times, we show that such TLSs…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 A. M. Zagoskin , S. Ashhab , J. R. Johansson , Franco Nori

We propose a novel superconducting logical qubit architecture, called the Cold Echo Qubit (CEQ), which is capable of preserving quantum information for much longer timescales than any of its component parts. The CEQ operates fully…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-12-12 Eliot Kapit , Vadim Oganesyan

We present the results of an industry-grade fabrication of superconducting qubits on 200 mm wafers utilizing CMOS-established processing methods. By automated waferprober resistance measurements at room temperature, we demonstrate a…

The properties of Josephson devices are strongly affected by geometrical effects. A loop-shaped superconducting electrode tightly couples a long Josephson tunnel junction with the surrounding electromagnetic field. Due to the fluxoid…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-04-23 Roberto Monaco

We propose a scheme of measuring the non-Gaussian character of noise by a hysteretic Josephson junction in the macroscopic quantum tunnelling (MQT) regime. We model the detector as an (under)damped $LC$ resonator. It transforms Poissonian…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. P. Pekola

The dominant contribution to the energy relaxation of state-of-the-art superconducting qubits is often attributed to their coupling to an ensemble of material defects which behave as two-level systems. These defects have varying microscopic…