English

Phase dynamics and dissipation in tunnel ferromagnetic Josephson junctions

Superconductivity 2026-05-19 v1

Abstract

We investigate tunnel ferromagnetic Josephson junctions based on Superconductor-Insulator-thin superconductor-Ferromagnet-Superconductor multilayers. A comparative study of their electrodynamic properties is performed for junctions with niobium and aluminum (Al) electrodes, featuring different ferromagnetic interlayer materials and lateral dimensions ranging from the micrometric to the submicrometric scale. The parameters extracted from the fitting of the current-voltage characteristics using the tunnel junction microscopic model are found to be consistent with those independently estimated from switching current distribution measurements. Submicrometric Al-based devices exhibit electrodynamic properties comparable to those implemented in state-of-the-art transmon qubits and display clear signatures of quantum phase diffusion. The strong agreement between transport modelling and escape dynamics establishes a robust framework for describing hybrid ferromagnetic Josephson junctions consistent with their energy scales and supports their potential integration into superconducting quantum and classical digital circuits.

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@article{arxiv.2605.18586,
  title  = {Phase dynamics and dissipation in tunnel ferromagnetic Josephson junctions},
  author = {F. Calloni and R. Satariano and R. Ferraiuolo and H. G. Ahmad and D. Gatta and E. Raja and G. Santo and G. Serpico and R. Vydyasagar and D. Montemurro and N. Poccia and A. Vettoliere and G. Ausanio and C. Granata and L. Parlato and G. P. Pepe and A. Bruno and F. Tafuri and D. Massarotti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.18586},
  year   = {2026}
}

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13 pages, 4 figures

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