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Journal
Description: 
Results about induced spatial modulation of critical current density in niobium based Josephson devices by a selective radiation heating are presented. The localized heating inside a single circuit element with a good spatial resolution (less than 1 μm) is made possible by depositing a carbon film on the desired region exploiting the larger absorbance coefficient of carbon (close to 1) with respect to niobium (about 0.2). Measurements of critical current as a function of the external magnetic field on high quality Josephson junctions at T = 4.2 K evidenced that the critical current density was changed only in the absorber covered region, leaving unchanged the critical current density outside that region and ensuring the capability to locally modify the Josephson critical current density. The experimental data have been compared with theoretical predictions obtained by using a suitable junction barrier model based on …
Publisher: 
AIP Publishing
Publication date: 
3 Jun 2013
Authors: 

C Granata, L Petti, M Rippa, S Rombetto, B Ruggiero, M Russo, R Russo, A Vettoliere

Biblio References: 
Volume: 102 Issue: 22 Pages: 222603
Origin: 
Applied Physics Letters