Josephson Effect in the Micron and Submicron YBCO Constrictions Fabricated Using the Femtosecond Laser Technique
- University of South Africa, Department of Electrical and Mining Engineering (South Africa)
- CSIRO Manufacturing (Australia)
A femtosecond laser was used successfully to fabricate planar micron and submicron-sized constrictiontype Josephson junctions on YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 7−x} thin films. A simple program using G-code (control systems) programming language was written to control the movement of the sample stage during the etching process. The constriction’s geometry was investigated using both atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Electrical transport measurements were performed at different temperatures. Shapiro steps were observed and analyzed. The micron-sized constriction shows a linear relationship for the measured critical current against the temperature which is consistent with the behavior of an S–s’–Stype Josephson junction where “S” stands for a bulk superconductive material that is untouched by the laser and “s”’ is superconducting material whose critical temperature is lower than the value of “S” In the case of the narrower submicronsized constriction, the measured critical current dependence with temperature shows an exponential decay, which is consistent with the behavior of the long S–N–Stype Josephson junction where “N” stands for a normal material. A model is proposed to describe the observed behavior by considering the effect of sample heating during the constriction’s fabrication.
- OSTI ID:
- 22771300
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, Vol. 31, Issue 5; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2018 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature; Article Copyright (c) 2017 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC; http://www.springer-ny.com; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1557-1939
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY
BARIUM OXIDES
COPPER OXIDES
CRITICAL CURRENT
CRITICAL TEMPERATURE
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ETCHING
FABRICATION
G CODES
HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS
JOSEPHSON EFFECT
JOSEPHSON JUNCTIONS
LASERS
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
THIN FILMS
YTTRIUM OXIDES