Josephson Thermal Memory
Abstract
In this work, we propose a superconducting thermal memory device that exploits the thermal hysteresis in a flux-controlled temperature-biased superconducting quantum-interference device (SQUID). This system reveals a flux-controllable temperature bistability, which can be used to define two well-distinguishable thermal logic states. We discuss a suitable writing-reading procedure for these memory states. The time of the memory writing operation is expected to be on the order of approximately 0.2 ns for a Nb-based SQUID in thermal contact with a phonon bath at 4.2 K. We suggest a noninvasive readout scheme for the memory states based on the measurement of the effective resonance frequency of a tank circuit inductively coupled to the SQUID. The proposed device paves the way for a practical implementation of thermal logic and computation. The advantage of this proposal is that it represents also an example of harvesting thermal energy in superconducting circuits.
- Authors:
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- Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS), Pisa (Italy). Inst. Nanoscienze-CNR, NEST; Lobachevsky State Univ., Nizhni Novgorod (Russia)
- SPIN-CNR, Genova (Italy)
- Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS), Pisa (Italy). Inst. Nanoscienze-CNR, NEST
- Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); European Research Council (ERC); REA; MIUR
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1540699
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1417427
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-05ER46204; FP7/2007-2013; 630925; RBFR1379UX; RBFR1236VV
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Applied
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2331-7019
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; Josephson effect; memory; superconductivity; thermal properties; devices; SQUID; thermal techniques
Citation Formats
Guarcello, Claudio, Solinas, Paolo, Braggio, Alessandro, Di Ventra, Massimiliano, and Giazotto, Francesco. Josephson Thermal Memory. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/physrevapplied.9.014021.
Guarcello, Claudio, Solinas, Paolo, Braggio, Alessandro, Di Ventra, Massimiliano, & Giazotto, Francesco. Josephson Thermal Memory. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.9.014021
Guarcello, Claudio, Solinas, Paolo, Braggio, Alessandro, Di Ventra, Massimiliano, and Giazotto, Francesco. Thu .
"Josephson Thermal Memory". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.9.014021. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1540699.
@article{osti_1540699,
title = {Josephson Thermal Memory},
author = {Guarcello, Claudio and Solinas, Paolo and Braggio, Alessandro and Di Ventra, Massimiliano and Giazotto, Francesco},
abstractNote = {In this work, we propose a superconducting thermal memory device that exploits the thermal hysteresis in a flux-controlled temperature-biased superconducting quantum-interference device (SQUID). This system reveals a flux-controllable temperature bistability, which can be used to define two well-distinguishable thermal logic states. We discuss a suitable writing-reading procedure for these memory states. The time of the memory writing operation is expected to be on the order of approximately 0.2 ns for a Nb-based SQUID in thermal contact with a phonon bath at 4.2 K. We suggest a noninvasive readout scheme for the memory states based on the measurement of the effective resonance frequency of a tank circuit inductively coupled to the SQUID. The proposed device paves the way for a practical implementation of thermal logic and computation. The advantage of this proposal is that it represents also an example of harvesting thermal energy in superconducting circuits.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevapplied.9.014021},
journal = {Physical Review Applied},
number = 1,
volume = 9,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 18 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Thu Jan 18 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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