Freestanding nanostructures for three-dimensional superconducting nanodevices
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190 (China)
Free-space nanostructures are the fundamental building blocks of three-dimensional (3D) nanodevices with multi-functionality beyond that achievable by planar devices. Here we developed a reliable technique for the site-specific post-growth geometrical manipulation of freestanding superconducting nanowires using ion-beam irradiation with nanometer-scale resolution to fabricate uniformly shaped and sized clean-surface 3D nanostructures. Such structures could integrate with conventional superconducting quantum interference devices to detect magnetic fields both parallel and normal to the substrate. Property characterizations suggest that our focused-ion-beam technique allows tailoring of freestanding superconducting loops for size and geometry, potentially for lab-on-chip experiments.
- OSTI ID:
- 22025505
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 100, Issue 14; Other Information: (c) 2012 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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