Polarization Controlled Supercurrent in Ferroelectric Josephson Junction
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| author | Tang, Yaozu Ali, Mazhar N. Bauer, Gerrit E. W. Blanter, Yaroslav M. |
| author_facet | Tang, Yaozu Ali, Mazhar N. Bauer, Gerrit E. W. Blanter, Yaroslav M. |
| contents | Josephson junctions are essential devices in superconducting electronics and quantum computing hardware. Here we predict electrical control of the supercurrent in composite superconductor-insulator-ferroelectric-insulator-superconductor (S-I-FE-I-S) Josephson junctions. Inversion symmetry broken by unequal dielectric barrier thicknesses and/or potentials converts ferroelectric polarization reversal into a substantial change of the critical current. With a WKB tunneling model we obtain non-volatile switching of the critical current with on-off efficiency up to 0.9 for physically realistic parameters. This can be achieved by optimizing the thicknesses and potential barriers of the insulating layers, as well as the thickness and dielectric constant of the ferroelectric layer. We also derive a compact linear expression for the critical current valid for small polarizations. Our results identify ferroelectric Josephson junctions as electrically programmable superconducting current switches for cryogenic memory and logic applications. |
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| spellingShingle | Polarization Controlled Supercurrent in Ferroelectric Josephson Junction Tang, Yaozu Ali, Mazhar N. Bauer, Gerrit E. W. Blanter, Yaroslav M. Superconductivity Josephson junctions are essential devices in superconducting electronics and quantum computing hardware. Here we predict electrical control of the supercurrent in composite superconductor-insulator-ferroelectric-insulator-superconductor (S-I-FE-I-S) Josephson junctions. Inversion symmetry broken by unequal dielectric barrier thicknesses and/or potentials converts ferroelectric polarization reversal into a substantial change of the critical current. With a WKB tunneling model we obtain non-volatile switching of the critical current with on-off efficiency up to 0.9 for physically realistic parameters. This can be achieved by optimizing the thicknesses and potential barriers of the insulating layers, as well as the thickness and dielectric constant of the ferroelectric layer. We also derive a compact linear expression for the critical current valid for small polarizations. Our results identify ferroelectric Josephson junctions as electrically programmable superconducting current switches for cryogenic memory and logic applications. |
| title | Polarization Controlled Supercurrent in Ferroelectric Josephson Junction |
| topic | Superconductivity |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.08492 |