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Main Authors: Wang, Hui, Noordzij, Niels, Steinhauer, Stephan, Descamps, Thomas, Oksenberg, Eitan, Zwiller, Val, Zadeh, Iman Esmaeil
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.07552
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author Wang, Hui
Noordzij, Niels
Steinhauer, Stephan
Descamps, Thomas
Oksenberg, Eitan
Zwiller, Val
Zadeh, Iman Esmaeil
author_facet Wang, Hui
Noordzij, Niels
Steinhauer, Stephan
Descamps, Thomas
Oksenberg, Eitan
Zwiller, Val
Zadeh, Iman Esmaeil
contents Due to stringent thermal budgets in cryogenic technologies such as superconducting quantum computers and sensors, minimizing the energy dissipation and power consumption of cryogenic electronic components is pivotal for large-scale devices. However, electronic building blocks that simultaneously offer low energy consumption, fast switching, low error rates, a small footprint and simple fabrication remain elusive. In this work, we demonstrate a superconducting switch with attojoule switching energy, high speed (pico-second rise/fall times), and high integration density (on the order of $10^{-2}$ $\mathrm{μm^2}$ per switch). The switch consists of a superconducting channel and a metal heater separated by an insulating silica layer, prepared using lift-off techniques. We experimentally demonstrate digital gate operations utilizing this technology, such as NOT, NAND, NOR, AND, and OR gates, with a few femtojoule energy consumption and ultralow bit error rates < $10^{-8}$. In addition, we build volatile memory elements with few femtojoule energy consumption per operation, a nanosecond operation speed, and a retention time over $10^5$ s. These superconducting switches open new possibilities for increasing the size and complexity of modern cryogenic technologies.
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spellingShingle Attojoule superconducting thermal logic and memories
Wang, Hui
Noordzij, Niels
Steinhauer, Stephan
Descamps, Thomas
Oksenberg, Eitan
Zwiller, Val
Zadeh, Iman Esmaeil
Applied Physics
Due to stringent thermal budgets in cryogenic technologies such as superconducting quantum computers and sensors, minimizing the energy dissipation and power consumption of cryogenic electronic components is pivotal for large-scale devices. However, electronic building blocks that simultaneously offer low energy consumption, fast switching, low error rates, a small footprint and simple fabrication remain elusive. In this work, we demonstrate a superconducting switch with attojoule switching energy, high speed (pico-second rise/fall times), and high integration density (on the order of $10^{-2}$ $\mathrm{μm^2}$ per switch). The switch consists of a superconducting channel and a metal heater separated by an insulating silica layer, prepared using lift-off techniques. We experimentally demonstrate digital gate operations utilizing this technology, such as NOT, NAND, NOR, AND, and OR gates, with a few femtojoule energy consumption and ultralow bit error rates < $10^{-8}$. In addition, we build volatile memory elements with few femtojoule energy consumption per operation, a nanosecond operation speed, and a retention time over $10^5$ s. These superconducting switches open new possibilities for increasing the size and complexity of modern cryogenic technologies.
title Attojoule superconducting thermal logic and memories
topic Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.07552