학술논문

High-T/sub c/ Josephson junctions by electron beam irradiation
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on. 3(1):2405-2408 Mar, 1993
Subject
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Josephson junctions
Critical current
SQUIDs
Temperature
Electron beams
Superconducting thin films
Substrates
Inductance
Superconducting devices
Interference
Language
ISSN
1051-8223
1558-2515
2378-7074
Abstract
Josephson junctions were produced by electron beam irradiation of patterned YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7- delta / thin film tracks on MgO substrates. Single weak links show Fraunhofer-type critical current behavior as a function of field (I/sub c/(H)), indicating reasonable current uniformity across the junction. Simple low inductance superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) have also been made with greater than 70% critical current modulation at 25 K. The relatively high critical current density of these weak links means that it is possible to observe a crossover from small to large junction behavior at a temperature only a few degrees below the T/sub c/ of the junction. In the small junction regime the current-voltage (I-V) curve can be fitted by the resistively shunted junction (RSJ) model, whereas in the large junction regime the I-V curves change to be non-RSJ-like. The I/sub c/R/sub n/ (critical-current normal-resistance) product is typically around 0.05-0.2 mV at temperatures a few degrees below the T/sub c/ of the junction and, for a junction with high T/sub c/, can reach 1 mV at 4.2 K.ETX