Measurements of phase dynamics in planar Josephson junctions and SQUIDs

DZ Haxell, E Cheah, F Křížek, R Schott, MF Ritter… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We experimentally investigate the stochastic phase dynamics of planar Josephson junctions
(JJs) and superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) defined in epitaxial …

One minute parity lifetime of a NbTiN Cooper-pair transistor

DJ Van Woerkom, A Geresdi, LP Kouwenhoven - Nature Physics, 2015 - nature.com
The parity modulation of the ground state of a superconducting island is a direct
consequence of the presence of the Cooper-pair condensate preferring an even number of …

Recent Achievements on the Physics of High-T C Superconductor Josephson Junctions: Background, Perspectives and Inspiration

F Tafuri, D Massarotti, L Galletti, D Stornaiuolo… - … of superconductivity and …, 2013 - Springer
Coherent passage of Cooper pairs in a Josephson junction (JJ) above the liquid nitrogen
temperature has been the first impressive revolutionary effect induced by high critical …

Activation Energies in Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors

D Salvoni, M Ejrnaes, A Gaggero, F Mattioli, F Martini… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are receiving the interest of
the scientific and industrial communities due to their unparallel high performances in the …

Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of erasure with superconducting flux logic

OP Saira, MH Matheny, R Katti, W Fon, G Wimsatt… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
We implement a thermal-fluctuation-driven logical bit reset on a superconducting flux logic
cell. We show that the logical state of the system can be continuously monitored with only a …

[BOOK][B] Modern aspects of Josephson dynamics and superconductivity electronics

I Askerzade, A Bozbey, M Cantürk - 2017 - Springer
The Josephson effect was theoretically predicted by Brian Josephson in 1962. Experimental
observation of the stationary Josephson effect was firstly realized by Anderson and Rowell …

Superconductor to resistive state switching by multiple fluctuation events in NbTiN nanostrips

M Ejrnaes, D Salvoni, L Parlato, D Massarotti… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
We report on measurements of the switching current distributions on two-dimensional
superconducting NbTiN strips that are 5 nm thick and 80 nm wide. We observe that the width …

Electrodynamics of highly spin-polarized tunnel Josephson junctions

HG Ahmad, R Caruso, A Pal, G Rotoli, GP Pepe… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
The continuous development of superconducting electronics is encouraging several studies
on hybrid Josephson junctions (JJs) based on superconductor-ferromagnet-superconductor …

Josephson junctions as single microwave photon counters: Simulation and characterization

A Rettaroli, D Alesini, D Babusci, C Barone… - Instruments, 2021 - mdpi.com
Detection of light dark matter, such as axion-like particles, puts stringent requirements on the
efficiency and dark-count rates of microwave-photon detectors. The possibility of operating a …

Breakdown of the escape dynamics in Josephson junctions

D Massarotti, D Stornaiuolo, P Lucignano, L Galletti… - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
We have identified anomalous behavior of the escape rate out of the zero-voltage state in
Josephson junctions with a high critical current density J c. For this study we have employed …