Abstract:
A hysteretic high-T.sub.C. trilayer Josephson junction (10), and a method of forming the same are disclosed. The junction includes lower and upper high-T.sub.C superconducting cuprate films (18, 22) separated by a barrier layer (20), where the thin films each include a molecular junction layer adjacent the barrier layer which is characterized by a high-T.sub.C cuprate stoichiometry and crystal structure, and a flat two-dimensional surface, as evidenced by its electron diffraction pattern using reflected high-energy electron diffraction. The junction and barrier layers in the junction are formed by atomic layer-by-layer deposition.
Abstract:
An electron device comprises a first dielectric layer (103) having a first thickness determined to allow the tunneling of carriers therethrough and a first dielectric constant, a second dielectric layer (104) provided in contact with the first dielectric layer, the second dielectric layer having a second thickness substantially larger than the first thickness and a second dielectric constant that is substantially larger than the first dielectric constant, a first electrode (101) provided on the first dielectric layer for injecting the carriers, and a second electrode (108) provided in contact with the second dielectric layer for controlling a flow of the carriers through the second dielectric layer in response to a control voltage supplied thereto.
Abstract:
A wire structure according to the present invention has a buffer layer between an insulating layer and a superconducting ceramic wire body. Since this buffer layer does not chemically react with the superconducting ceramic wire body at a high temperature, the buffer layer does not cause the superconducting ceramic wire body to lose the superconductivity thereof during the formation of the wire body.
Abstract:
A conductor suitable for use in oxide-based electronic devices and circuits is disclosed. Metallic oxides having the general composition AMO3, where A is a rare or alkaline earth or an alloy of rare or alkaline earth elements, and M is a transition metal, exhibit metallic behavior and are compatible with high temperature ceramic processing. Other useful metallic oxides have compositions (A1-xA'x)B2(M1-yM'y)3O7-(delta) or (A1-xA''x)m(M1-yM'y)nO2m+n, where 0
Abstract:
A superconducting field effect device includes a substrate (1) with an epitaxial superconducting film (3) upon it and an insulating layer (24) above a thinner region of the film which protects the film from the atmosphere and isolates it from a gate electrode (25) which is on the insulating layer above a channel region of the thin film, and the epitaxial film has thicker regions (2) suitable for contact to source and drain electrodes (4). Gate electrodes may be isolated from and oppose both sides of the superconducting thin regions so that enhanced modulation of a current in the thin region is provided. The invention provides high speed and high efficiency switches and modulators.
Abstract:
Devices from and a method for generating repeatable and reproducible crystallographic grain-boundary junctions are provided by forming a film on a crystalline substrate which has intersecting faces. In a preferred embodiment, a single crystal substrate (10) is etched by an anisotropic etchant to provide a ''V''-groove in one face, and an epitaxial superconducting film (16) is grown on the faces (14) of the V-groove. In another preferred embodiment, a step is etched with an anisotropic etch, and an epitaxial superconducting film grown on the step. Grain-boundary junctions are formed at the points (20) of intersection of the faces with each other, or with the faces (18) and the surface of the substrate. The film may be patterned and etched in the area of the boundary junction to form useful devices. One useful device is a SQUID formed with the boundary junction at the bottom of a V-groove. Another useful device is serially connected junctions.
Abstract:
A structure of superconductor wiring formed on an insulating substrate which has a superconductor pattern having a wiring of at least one superconductive ceramic formed on said substrate and a protective layer of a basic oxide covering said pattern. Since most of the superconductive ceramic is basic, the basic oxide never causes chemical reaction with the ceramic, so that the wiring can maintain superconductivity for a long time.
Abstract:
A laminated superconductor wire includes a superconductor wire assembly, which includes a first superconductor insert comprising a first high temperature superconductor layer overlaying a first substrate and a second superconductor insert comprising a second high temperature superconductor layer overlaying a second substrate. The first and second superconductor inserts are joined together at their respective substrates. An electrically conductive structure substantially surrounds the superconductor wire assembly.
Abstract:
One aspect of this disclosure relates to a method of building a superconductor device (50) on a substrate (306), comprising depositing an imprint layer (304) on at least a portion of the substrate (306). The imprint layer (304) is imprinted to provide an imprinted portion (503) of the imprint layer (304) and a non-imprinted portion (504) of the imprint layer (304). A superconductor layer (310) is deposited on at least a portion of the imprinted portion (503) of the imprint layer (304).