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We study Superconductor-Ferromagnet-Superconductor (Nb-Cu0.47 Ni0.53-Nb) Josephson junctions with spatial variations in the barrier thickness. Critical current vs. magnetic flux diffraction patterns indicate that the critical current…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 S. M. Frolov , D. J. Van Harlingen , V. V. Bolginov , V. A. Oboznov , V. V. Ryazanov

Superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) that incorporate two superconductor/insulator/superconductor (SIS) Josephson junctions in a closed loop form the core of some of the most sensitive detectors of magnetic and electric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-11 Taewan Noh , Andrew Kindseth , Venkat Chandrasekhar

Semiconductor-superconductor hybrid nanocircuits are of high interest due to their potential applications in quantum computing. Semiconductors with a strong spin-orbit coupling and large $g$-factor are particularly attractive since they are…

We consider a nanoelectromechanical Josephson junction, where a suspended nanowire serves as a superconducting weak link, and show that an applied DC bias voltage an result in suppression of the flexural vibrations of the wire. This cooling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-11-08 Gustav Sonne , Milton E. Peña-Aza , Leonid Y. Gorelik , Robert I. Shekhter , Mats Jonson

A superconducting diode is an electronic device that conducts supercurrent and exhibits zero resistance primarily for one direction of applied current. Such a dissipationless diode is a desirable unit for constructing electronic circuits…

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…

Topological insulator (TI) nanowires in proximity with conventional superconductors have been proposed as a tunable platform to realize topological superconductivity and Majorana zero modes (MZM). The tuning is done using an axial magnetic…

The anti-proximity effect, where the superconductivity in superconducting nanowires is suppressed or weakened when contacted by bulk superconducting electrodes, first revealed in arrays of Zn nanowires by tuning the electrodes from the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-01-31 Meenakshi Singh , Jian Wang , Mingliang Tian , T. E. Mallouk , Moses H. W. Chan

Hybrid semiconductor-superconductor qubits have recently emerged as a promising alternative to traditional platforms, combining material advantages with device-level tunability. A defining feature is their gate-tunable Josephson coupling,…

Many recipes for realizing topological superconductivity rely on broken time-reversal symmetry, which is often attained by applying a substantial external magnetic field. Alternatively, using magnetic materials can offer advantages through…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-13 Y. Jiang , M. Gupta , C. Riggert , M. Pendharkar , C. Dempsey , J. S. Lee , S. D. Harrington , C. J. Palmstrøm , V. S. Pribiag , S. M. Frolov

We report measurements on ultrathin (<10 nm) nanowires produced by coating carbon nanotubes with a superconducting amorphous MoGe alloy. We find that nanowires can be superconducting or insulating depending on their normal state resistance…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-05-10 A. Bezryadin , C. N. Lau , M. Tinkham

Superconducting devices, which rely on modulating a complex superconducting order parameter in a Josephson junction, have been developed for low power logic operations, high-frequency oscillators, and exquisite magnetic field sensors.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-17 Burm Baek , William H. Rippard , Samuel P. Benz , Stephen E. Russek , Paul D. Dresselhaus

We report on the observation of gate-tunable proximity-induced superconductivity and multiple Andreev reflections (MAR) in a bulk-insulating BiSbTeSe$_2$ topological insulator nanoribbon (TINR) Josephson junction (JJ) with superconducting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-04 Luis A. Jauregui , Morteza Kayyalha , Aleksander Kazakov , Ireneusz Miotkowski , Leonid P. Rokhinson , Yong P. Chen

We report transport studies of hybrid Josephson junctions based on semiconducting InAs nanowires with fully overlapping epitaxial ferromagnetic insulator EuS and superconducting Al partial shells. Current-biased measurements reveal a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-05 J. Zhao , A. Mazanik , D. Razmadze , Y. Liu , P. Krogstrup , F. S. Bergeret , S. Vaitiekėnas

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

We have probed the switching dynamics of the Josephson critical current of a superconducting weak link by measuring its voltage/current characteristics while applying an ac current bias in the range 1-200 MHz. The weak link between two Nb…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-23 Kevin Spahr , Jonathan Graveline , Chrustian Lupien , Marco Aprili , Bertrand Reulet

InSb nanoflags, due to their intrinsic spin-orbit interactions, are an interesting platform in the study of planar Josephson junctions. Ballistic transport, combined with high transparency of the superconductor/semiconductor interfaces, was…

Modern Superconducting QUantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) are commonly fabricated from either Al or Nb electrodes, with an in-situ oxidation process to create a weak link between them. However, common problems of such planar nano- and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-08-18 Liam S. Farrar , Aimee Nevill , Zhen Jieh Lim , Geetha Balakrishnan , Sara Dale , Simon J. Bending

Topological superconductors which support Majorana fermions are thought to be realized in one-dimensional semiconducting wires coupled to a superconductor. Such excitations are expected to exhibit non-Abelian statistics and can be used to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-20 Leonid P. Rokhinson , Xinyu Liu , Jacek K. Furdyna

We present a technique for integrating ultraclean carbon nanotubes into superconducting circuits, aiming to realize Josephson junctions based on one-dimensional elementary quantum conductors. This technique primarily involves depositing the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-13 S. Annabi , E. Arrighi , A. Peugeot , H. Riechert , J. Griesmar , K. Watanabe , T. Taniguchi , L. Bretheau , J. -D. Pillet