YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_7$ nano-constriction Josephson junctions and SQUIDs fabricated by focused helium-ion-beam irradiation

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Main Authors: Schmid, Christoph, Buckreus, Christopher, Haas, David, Pröpper, Max, Hutt, Robin, Magén, César, Hanisch, Dominik, Karrer, Max, Schilling, Meinhard, Koelle, Dieter, Kleiner, Reinhold, Goldobin, Edward
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author Schmid, Christoph
Buckreus, Christopher
Haas, David
Pröpper, Max
Hutt, Robin
Magén, César
Hanisch, Dominik
Karrer, Max
Schilling, Meinhard
Koelle, Dieter
Kleiner, Reinhold
Goldobin, Edward
author_facet Schmid, Christoph
Buckreus, Christopher
Haas, David
Pröpper, Max
Hutt, Robin
Magén, César
Hanisch, Dominik
Karrer, Max
Schilling, Meinhard
Koelle, Dieter
Kleiner, Reinhold
Goldobin, Edward
contents By focused $30\,\mathrm{keV}$ He ion beam irradiation, epitaxially grown YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_7$ (YBCO) thin films can be driven from the superconducting to the insulating state with increasing irradiation dose. A properly chosen dose suppresses superconductivity down to $4\,\mathrm{K}$, while crystallinity is still preserved. With this approach we create areas of normal-conducting YBCO that can be used to define resistively shunted constriction-type Josephson junctions (cJJs) on the nanometer scale. We also demonstrate that the fabricated cJJs can be incorporated in direct current superconducting quantum interference devices and can be used as detector junctions in THz antennas.
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spellingShingle YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_7$ nano-constriction Josephson junctions and SQUIDs fabricated by focused helium-ion-beam irradiation
Schmid, Christoph
Buckreus, Christopher
Haas, David
Pröpper, Max
Hutt, Robin
Magén, César
Hanisch, Dominik
Karrer, Max
Schilling, Meinhard
Koelle, Dieter
Kleiner, Reinhold
Goldobin, Edward
Superconductivity
Quantum Physics
By focused $30\,\mathrm{keV}$ He ion beam irradiation, epitaxially grown YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_7$ (YBCO) thin films can be driven from the superconducting to the insulating state with increasing irradiation dose. A properly chosen dose suppresses superconductivity down to $4\,\mathrm{K}$, while crystallinity is still preserved. With this approach we create areas of normal-conducting YBCO that can be used to define resistively shunted constriction-type Josephson junctions (cJJs) on the nanometer scale. We also demonstrate that the fabricated cJJs can be incorporated in direct current superconducting quantum interference devices and can be used as detector junctions in THz antennas.
title YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_7$ nano-constriction Josephson junctions and SQUIDs fabricated by focused helium-ion-beam irradiation
topic Superconductivity
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.19197