Thermal and quantum depletion of superconductivity in narrow junctions created by controlled electromigration

Nanostructured superconductors allow dissipationless electrical transport to be exploited in technologically relevant devices. Here, the authors follow how detrimental fluctuations of the superconducting order parameter evolve in Al atomic contacts as their width is controlled by electromigration.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xavier D. A. Baumans, Dorin Cerbu, Obaïd-Allah Adami, Vyacheslav S. Zharinov, Niels Verellen, Gianpaolo Papari, Jeroen E. Scheerder, Gufei Zhang, Victor V. Moshchalkov, Alejandro V. Silhanek, Joris Van de Vondel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10560
Description
Summary:Nanostructured superconductors allow dissipationless electrical transport to be exploited in technologically relevant devices. Here, the authors follow how detrimental fluctuations of the superconducting order parameter evolve in Al atomic contacts as their width is controlled by electromigration.
ISSN:2041-1723