Godfrey, T;
Gallop, JC;
Cox, DC;
Romans, EJ;
Chen, J;
Hao, L;
(2018)
Investigation of Dayem Bridge NanoSQUIDs Made by Xe Focused Ion Beam.
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
, 28
(7)
10.1109/TASC.2018.2854624.
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Abstract
Superconducting QUantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) based on nanobridge junctions have shown increasing promise for single particle detection. This paper describes the development of the fabrication of improved and reproducible nanobridge junctions fabricated by focused ion beam (FIB) milling from niobium thin films. Although the very low noise properties of nanobridge SQUIDs are well known, the nature of the milling process is little understood at the level of local superconducting properties. In this paper, we report the results for nanobridge Josephson devices and SQUIDs, which we believe are the first to be made by Xenon (Xe) FIB milling. Temperature-dependent current-voltage behavior, microwave-induced Shapiro steps, and SQUID response to magnetic fields have been measured. We make preliminary comparisons with nominally identical devices milled from Nb thin films using either Xe or Ga ions.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Investigation of Dayem Bridge NanoSQUIDs Made by Xe Focused Ion Beam |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1109/TASC.2018.2854624 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2018.2854624 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. For more information, see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Technology, Physical Sciences, Engineering, Electrical & Electronic, Physics, Applied, Engineering, Physics, Focused ion beam (FIB), microwave, nanoscale, nanoSQUID, superconducting QUantum Interference Device (SQUIDs), Xe FIB, QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICE |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Electronic and Electrical Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10057544 |
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