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Quantum Computational Gates with Radiation Free Couplings
We examine a generic three state mechanism which realizes all fundamental
single and double qubit quantum logic gates operating under the effect of
adiabatically controllable static (radiation free) bias couplings between the
states. At the instant of time that the gate operations are defined the third
level is unoccupied which, in a certain sense, derives analogy with the
recently suggested dissipation free qubit subspaces. The physical
implementation of the mechanism is tentatively suggested in a form of the
Aharonov-Bohm persistent current loop in crossed electric and magnetic fields,
with the output of the loop read out by a (quantum) Hall effect aided
mechanism.Comment: 21 pages including 7 figures, revte
Reduced leakage current in Josephson tunnel junctions with codeposited barriers
Josephson junctions were fabricated using two different methods of barrier
formation. The trilayers employed were Nb/Al-AlOx/Nb on sapphire, where the
first two layers were epitaxial. The oxide barrier was formed either by
exposing the Al surface to O2 or by codepositing Al in an O2 background. The
codeposition process yielded junctions that showed the theoretically predicted
subgap current and no measurable shunt conductance. In contrast, devices with
barriers formed by thermal oxidation showed a small shunt conductance in
addition to the predicted subgap current.Comment: 3 pages, 4 figure
A Carbon Nanotube Based Nanorelay
We investigate the operational characteristics of a nanorelay based on a
conducting carbon nanotube placed on a terrace in a silicon substrate. The
nanorelay is a three terminal device that acts as a switch in the GHz regime.
Potential applications include logic devices, memory elements, pulse
generators, and current or voltage amplifiers.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Doppler Shift in Andreev Reflection from a Moving Superconducting Condensate in Nb/InAs Josephson Junctions
We study narrow ballistic Josephson weak links in a InAs quantum wells
contacted by Nb electrodes and find a dramatic magnetic-field suppression of
the Andreev reflection amplitude, which occurs even for in-plane field
orientation with essentially no magnetic flux through the junction. Our
observations demonstrate the presence of a Doppler shift in the energy of the
Andreev levels, which results from diamagnetic screening currents in the hybrid
Nb/InAs-banks. The data for conductance, excess and critical currents can be
consistently explained in terms of the sample geometry and the McMillan energy,
characterizing the transparency of the Nb/InAs-interface.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, title modifie
Classical-to-stochastic Coulomb blockade cross-over in aluminum arsenide wires
We report low-temperature differential conductance measurements in aluminum
arsenide cleaved-edge overgrown quantum wires in the pinch-off regime. At zero
source-drain bias we observe Coulomb blockade conductance resonances that
become vanishingly small as the temperature is lowered below . We
show that this behavior can be interpreted as a classical-to-stochastic Coulomb
blockade cross-over in a series of asymmetric quantum dots, and offer a
quantitative analysis of the temperature-dependence of the resonances
lineshape. The conductance behavior at large source-drain bias is suggestive of
the charge density wave conduction expected for a chain of quantum dots.Comment: version 2: new figure 4, refined discussio
MgB2 radio-frequency superconducting quantum interference device prepared by atomic force microscope lithography
A new method of preparation of radio-frequency superconducting quantum
interference devices on MgB2 thin films is presented. The variable-thickness
bridge was prepared by a combination of optical lithography and of the
scratching by an atomic force microscope. The critical current of the
nanobridge was 0.35 uA at 4.2 K. Non-contact measurements of the current-phase
characteristics and of the critical current vs. temperature have been
investigated on our structures.Comment: RevTeX4. Accepted in Appl. Phys. Let
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The origin of flux-flow resistance oscillations in BiSrCaCuO: Fiske steps in a single junction?
We propose an alternative explanation to the oscillations of the flux-flow
resistance found in several previously published experiments with BiSrCaCuO
stacks. It has been argued by the previous authors that the period of the
oscillations corresponding to the field needed to add one vortex per two
intrinsic Josephson junctions is associated with a moving triangular lattice of
vortices (out-of-phase mode), while the period corresponding to one vortex per
one junction is due to the square lattice (in-phase mode). In contrast, we show
that both type of oscillations may occur in a single-layer Josephson junction
and thus the above interpretation is inconsistent
Magnetic interference patterns in superconducting junctions: Effects of anharmonic current-phase relations
A microscopic theory of the magnetic-field modulation of critical currents is
developed for plane Josephson junctions with anharmonic current-phase
relations. The results obtained allow examining temperature-dependent
deviations of the modulation from the conventional interference pattern. For
tunneling through localized states in symmetric short junctions with a
pronounced anharmonic behavior, the deviations are obtained and shown to depend
on distribution of channel transparencies. For constant transparency the
deviations vanish not only near Tc, but also at T=0. If Dorokhov bimodal
distribution for transparency eigenvalues holds, the averaged deviation
increases with decreasing temperature and takes its maximum at T=0.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figure
Proximity DC squids in the long junction limit
We report the design and measurement of
Superconducting/normal/superconducting (SNS) proximity DC squids in the long
junction limit, i.e. superconducting loops interrupted by two normal metal
wires roughly a micrometer long. Thanks to the clean interface between the
metals, at low temperature a large supercurrent flows through the device. The
dc squid-like geometry leads to an almost complete periodic modulation of the
critical current through the device by a magnetic flux, with a flux periodicity
of a flux quantum h/2e through the SNS loop. In addition, we examine the entire
field dependence, notably the low and high field dependence of the maximum
switching current. In contrast with the well-known Fraunhoffer-type
oscillations typical of short wide junctions, we find a monotonous gaussian
extinction of the critical current at high field. As shown in [15], this
monotonous dependence is typical of long and narrow diffusive junctions. We
also find in some cases a puzzling reentrance at low field. In contrast, the
temperature dependence of the critical current is well described by the
proximity effect theory, as found by Dubos {\it et al.} [16] on SNS wires in
the long junction limit. The switching current distributions and hysteretic IV
curves also suggest interesting dynamics of long SNS junctions with an
important role played by the diffusion time across the junction.Comment: 12 pages, 16 figure
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