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| Reference : Thermal and quantum depletion of superconductivity in narrow junctions created by con... |
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| http://hdl.handle.net/2268/193350 | |||
| Thermal and quantum depletion of superconductivity in narrow junctions created by controlled electromigration | |
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Baumans, Xavier  [Université de Liège > Département de physique > Physique expérimentale des matériaux nanostructurés >] | |
| Cerbu, Dorin [Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - KUL > Physics and Astronomy > Institute for Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry > >] | |
| Adami, Obaïd-Allah [Université de Liège > Département de physique > Physique expérimentale des matériaux nanostructurés > >] | |
| Zharinov, Vyacheslav [Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - KUL > Physics and Astronomy > Institute for Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry > >] | |
| Verellen, Niels [Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - KUL > Physics and Astronomy > Institute for Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry > >] | |
| Papari, Gianpaolo [University Federico II of Naples > Physics > > >] | |
| Scheerder, Jeroen [Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - KUL > Physics and Astronomy > Institute for Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry > >] | |
| Zhang, Gufei [Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - KUL > Physics and Astronomy > Institute for Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry > >] | |
| Moshchalkov, Victor [Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - KUL > Physics and Astronomy > Institute for Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry > >] | |
| Silhanek, Alejandro [Université de Liège > Département de physique > Physique expérimentale des matériaux nanostructurés >] | |
| Van de Vondel, Joris [Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - KUL > Physics and Astronomy > Institute for Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry > >] | |
| 16-Feb-2016 | |
| Nature Communications | |
| Nature Publishing Group | |
| 7 | |
| 10560 | |
| Yes (verified by ORBi) | |
| International | |
| 2041-1723 | |
| London | |
| United Kingdom | |
| [en] Physics ; Superconductivity ; Nanomaterials | |
| [en] Superconducting nanowires currently attract great interest due to their application in
single-photon detectors and quantum-computing circuits. In this context, it is of fundamental importance to understand the detrimental fluctuations of the superconducting order parameter as the wire width shrinks. In this paper, we use controlled electromigration to narrow down aluminium nanoconstrictions. We demonstrate that a transition from thermally assisted phase slips to quantum phase slips takes place when the cross section becomes less than 150 nm2 . In the regime dominated by quantum phase slips the nanowire loses its capacity to carry current without dissipation, even at the lowest possible temperature. We also show that the constrictions exhibit a negative magnetoresistance at low-magnetic fields, which can be attributed to the suppression of superconductivity in the contact leads. These findings reveal perspectives of the proposed fabrication method for exploring various fascinating superconducting phenomena in atomic-size contacts. | |
| F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique ; ULiège - Université de Liège ; Methusalem Funding of the Flemish Government ; FWO - Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen ; NanoSC - COST Action MP1201 ; Mandat d’Impulsion Scientifique (MIS F.4527.13) | |
| http://hdl.handle.net/2268/193350 | |
| 10.1038/ncomms10560 | |
| http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2016/160216/ncomms10560/full/ncomms10560.html | |
| http://reflexions.ulg.ac.be/en/SuperconductingNanowires |
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