Josephson effect through YBa2Cu3 O7-δ /Au-encapsulated nanogaps

Reza Baghdadi; Simon Abay; Dmitri Golubev; Thilo Bauch; Floriana Lombardi

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.95.174510

Josephson effect through YBa2Cu3 O7-δ /Au-encapsulated nanogaps

Reza Baghdadi, Simon Abay, Dmitri Golubev, Thilo Bauch, Floriana Lombardi^*

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We successfully fabricated and studied planar superconductor-normal-superconductor (SNS) Josephson junctions made of YBa2Cu3O7-δ (YBCO) high-TC superconductor (S) and Au normal metal (N). The crucial step in fabrication was done by using a Pt/Au bilayer encapsulation of the patterned YBCO nanogap. This procedure preserves the YBCO nanogap from the degradation due to the contact with resists, water, and chemicals involved in further processing for hybrid devices. The junctions exhibit Fraunhofer-like modulation patterns and Shapiro steps when they are irradiated by a rf field. Furthermore, we analyzed the IC(T) characteristics of our hybrid junctions employing a SINI′S (superconductor-insulator-normal conductor-insulator-superconductor) model.

Original language	English
Article number	174510
Pages (from-to)	1-6
Journal	Physical Review B
Volume	95
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.174510
Publication status	Published - 17 May 2017
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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