Journal article
Enhancing Properties of High-Temperature Superconducting Step-Edge Josephson Junctions by Nano-Multilayers with a Small Mismatch
AV Pan, OV Shcherbakova, SA Fedoseev, IA Golovchanskiy, D Attard, SKH Lam, J Du, CP Foley, S Rubanov, A Suvorova
Advanced Materials Interfaces | Wiley | Published : 2014
Abstract
© 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. A new technology for high temperature superconducting Josephson tunnelling junctions is developed to enhance their properties for applications on-a-chip, avoiding additional fabrication complexity. Junctions with alternating nano-layers of YBa2Cu3O7 and NdBa2Cu3O7 superconductors with a small mismatch between their crystal lattices exhibit stronger tunneling properties due to tuning the artificial grain boundary interfaces of the junctions.
Grants
Awarded by Australian Research Council via A. V. Pan's Discovery Projects
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was financially supported by the Australian Research Council via A. V. Pan's Discovery Projects (DP0879933 and DP110100398), as well as by HYPRES, Inc. (USA).