High Temperature Superconducting Thin Film Josephson Junctions

Autor: Š. Beňačka, Marianna Španková, Zs. Öszi, Stefan Chromik, Ivan Kostic
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Czechoslovak Journal of Physics. 54:457-460
ISSN: 1572-9486
0011-4626
DOI: 10.1007/s10582-004-0118-z
Popis: High-temperature superconducting YBa2Cu3Ox (YBCO) thin films (120 nm thick) were used to prepare YBCO/B/YBCO Josephson ramp-type junctions with tunneling barrier (B) performed by Ar ion beam modification of the ramp area surface. After the sample transportation into a high vacuum deposition chamber the amorphised ramp surface was annealed and then the YBCO counter electrode was sputtered. The area of the ramp-type YBCO junction was determined by a photoresist mask and Ar ion beam etching. Current voltage characteristics and current steps during irradiation of the samples by microwaves confirmed the presence of Josephson effect in the made structures.
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