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Model of a superconducting spin valve with insulating layers 带绝缘层的超导自旋阀模型

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Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications Pub Date : 2024-01-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354461

A.A. Kamashev, A.A. Validov, N.N. Garif'yanov, I.A. Garifullin

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Vortex state in a 3D superconducting mesoscopic wedge 三维超导介观楔中的涡旋态

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Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications Pub Date : 2024-01-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354450

C.A. Aguirre , P. Díaz , D. Laroze , A.S. Mosquera Polo , J. Barba-Ortega

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Periodic-threshold amalgamated quasi-one-junction SQUID comparator 周期阈值汞齐化准单结 SQUID 比较器

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Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications Pub Date : 2024-01-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354445

Siqi Li , Minghui Niu , Huanli Liu , Xiaoping Gao , Liliang Ying , Jie Ren

{"title":"Periodic-threshold amalgamated quasi-one-junction SQUID comparator","authors":"Siqi Li , Minghui Niu , Huanli Liu , Xiaoping Gao , Liliang Ying , Jie Ren","doi":"10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354445","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354445","url":null,"abstract":"<div>This article proposes a periodic-threshold superconductive comparator named amalgamated quasi-one-junction SQUID comparator (AQOS) for sensitivity enhancement. The comparator employs a pair of compound Josephson-junction SQUID with magnetically-controlled effective critical current in quantization to relieve the constraints on the period current without disrupting the non-hysteresis operation state. As a result, the AQOS comparator can achieve three times more comparing operations than the quasi-one-junction SQUID (QOS) comparators, corresponding to a 9 dB sensitivity improvement. The AQOS comparator also adopts the complementary structure and feedback-free topology for linearity and robustness. It can reach a 30 GS/s sampling rate, 0.5 mA period current, −25 dBm sensitivity, more than ±10 % bias current margin, deviation of quantization current peak-to-peak magnitude that is about 10 % of the mean, and the 4.4 dB average DC duty bias margin in simulation from 1 GHz to 30 GHz with a process of 6 kA/cm2 Josephson critical current density. A 2-bit AQOS comparator has been fabricated with the SIMIT Nb03 process for the qualification test. It has passed functional tests at low frequency, and its performance metrics, including period current, sensitivity, and bias current margin, have also been proven.</div>","PeriodicalId":20159,"journal":{"name":"Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications","volume":"618 ","pages":"Article 1354445"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139509632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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First-principles study on the electronic structure and optical properties of orthorhombic CaTiO3 under different pressures 不同压力下正交钙钛矿的电子结构和光学特性的第一性原理研究

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Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications Pub Date : 2024-01-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354447

Xinping Guo , Yongbo Li , Wenbo Xiao , Huaming Wu

{"title":"First-principles study on the electronic structure and optical properties of orthorhombic CaTiO3 under different pressures","authors":"Xinping Guo , Yongbo Li , Wenbo Xiao , Huaming Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354447","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354447","url":null,"abstract":"<div>The lattice constants, band structure, density of states (DOS), and optical properties of orthorhombic CaTiO3 in the pressure range of 0–100 GPa were calculated using the GGA-PBE method based on first-principles in this study. Geometry structure optimization results show that with an increase in pressure, the lattice constants of orthorhombic CaTiO3 decrease and the band gap (Eg) value increases. However, increasing pressure does not change the type of band gap in orthorhombic CaTiO3, which remains a direct band gap with the valence band maximum (VBM) and conduction band minimum (CBM) both located at the G point. The calculated electronic structure results indicate a gradual decrease in the DOS peak intensity for Ca–p, Ca–d, O–s, and O–p orbitals with increasing pressure, while the DOS peak intensity for the Ti atom remains relatively stable. Meanwhile, the valence band near the Fermi level shifts to the lower energies, while the conduction band shifts to the higher energies. Further calculations show that the optical properties exhibit a consistent blue shift as pressure increases. The research findings reveal that orthorhombic CaTiO3 demonstrates low absorption of visible light and high absorption of ultraviolet (UV) light. Moreover, as the pressure increases, the absorption of visible light further diminishes, while the absorption of UV light gradually intensifies. The findings presented in this paper offer significant insights for investigating the electronic structure and optical properties of orthorhombic CaTiO3 under varying pressure conditions.</div>","PeriodicalId":20159,"journal":{"name":"Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications","volume":"617 ","pages":"Article 1354447"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139487825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Hysteresis loops in measurements of the magnetic moment of hydrides under high pressure: Implications for superconductivity 高压下氢化物磁矩测量中的磁滞环：对超导性的影响

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Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications Pub Date : 2024-01-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354449

J.E. Hirsch

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The local rupture of the superconductivity and the curvature of the mesoscopic sample 超导的局部断裂和介观样品的曲率

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Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications Pub Date : 2024-01-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354436

Isaías G. de Oliveira, Jonathan S. de Morais, Paloma F. Ferreira

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Fabrication and characterization of sub-micron high current density NbN Josephson junctions for large-scale digital circuits 用于大规模数字电路的亚微米级高电流密度氮化铌约瑟夫森结的制作与特性分析

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Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications Pub Date : 2023-12-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2023.1354434

Yingyi Shao , Huiwu Wang , Wei Peng , Jie Ren , Zhen Wang

{"title":"Fabrication and characterization of sub-micron high current density NbN Josephson junctions for large-scale digital circuits","authors":"Yingyi Shao , Huiwu Wang , Wei Peng , Jie Ren , Zhen Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.physc.2023.1354434","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physc.2023.1354434","url":null,"abstract":"<div>We have developed a fabrication process based on Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP) for the sub-micron NbN Josephson junctions on single-crystal MgO substrates. The NbN junctions were fabricated with epitaxial NbN/AlN/NbN trilayers deposited by reactive DC magnetron sputtering. The top electrode of the junction was exposed using CMP to contact the NbN wire without opening the submicron via through the dielectric. It has produced submicron NbN junctions with areas as small as 0.09 μm2. We have fabricated NbN tunnel junctions with a wide range of critical current density Jc. The NbN junctions show excellent Josephson tunneling characteristics, the gap voltage Vg is 5.8 mV and the quality factor Rsg/Rn is 12 for the junctions with a Jc of 10.7 kA/cm2, and Vg is 5.3 mV and Rsg/Rn is 4 for the junctions with a Jc of 150.5 kA/cm2. The 1000-junction arrays were fabricated and their I-V characteristics were measured, critical current uniformity was obtained and the standard deviation is about 5%. The high Jc sub-micron NbN junctions will be helpful in developing large-scale NbN SFQ circuits with high operating frequency.</div>","PeriodicalId":20159,"journal":{"name":"Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications","volume":"616 ","pages":"Article 1354434"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139056896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Modeling of induced currents in a type-II superconducting cylinder of finite length in a transverse magnetic field 有限长度的 II 型超导圆柱体在横向磁场中的感应电流建模

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Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications Pub Date : 2023-12-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2023.1354423

Yuriy Zhilichev

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Investigation of a repeatable and widely applicable method to reduce the turn-to-turn contact resistivity of REBCO tapes 研究一种可重复且广泛适用的方法，以降低 REBCO 胶带的匝间接触电阻率

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Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications Pub Date : 2023-12-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2023.1354418

Zili Zhang , Lang Qin , Huimin Zhang , Hongli Suo , Jianhua Liu , Lei Wang , Qiuliang Wang

{"title":"Investigation of a repeatable and widely applicable method to reduce the turn-to-turn contact resistivity of REBCO tapes","authors":"Zili Zhang , Lang Qin , Huimin Zhang , Hongli Suo , Jianhua Liu , Lei Wang , Qiuliang Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.physc.2023.1354418","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physc.2023.1354418","url":null,"abstract":"<div>In this study, a repeatable and widely applicable method for decreasing the turn-to-turn contact resistivity of REBa2Cu3O7-x (RE=rare earth, REBCO) tapes was demonstrated. By applying a solder without further connections, the contact resistivity can be significantly and consistently decreased to low values. Four solders and five REBCO tapes from various manufacturers were tested to demonstrate the wide applicability of this method. The lowest value achieved by using a combination of solder and surface cleaning procedure was around 3 μΩ cm2. Furthermore, a possible governing mechanism for the repeatable decrease method using solder is discussed. The Mikic elastic correlation was considered the most probable candidate. After carefully discussing the three factors of contact resistivity, namely surface roughness, surface conductance, and surface Young's modulus, surface Young's modulus was considered to have a much higher weight index than the surface roughness, and the surface conductance was negligible. This research can help us better understand the contact resistivity of REBCO and develop a method that can controllably adjust the contact resistivity.</div>","PeriodicalId":20159,"journal":{"name":"Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications","volume":"617 ","pages":"Article 1354418"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139062207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Numerical evaluation of the impact of introducing heterogeneous structures into the REBCO layer on fracture behavior under tensile strain 在 REBCO 层中引入异质结构对拉伸应变下断裂行为影响的数值评估

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Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications Pub Date : 2023-12-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2023.1354426

Zhaofei Jiang , XinXin Zhou , Xiangyang Wu , Xinxing Qian

{"title":"Numerical evaluation of the impact of introducing heterogeneous structures into the REBCO layer on fracture behavior under tensile strain","authors":"Zhaofei Jiang , XinXin Zhou , Xiangyang Wu , Xinxing Qian","doi":"10.1016/j.physc.2023.1354426","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physc.2023.1354426","url":null,"abstract":"<div>To enhance the mechanical strength of REBCO tapes, a technique involving the creation of \"heterogeneous structures\" within the REBCO layer has been developed. This method entails drilling small holes in buffer layers and filling them with metal material, resulting in the formation of heterogeneous structures that effectively suppress crack propagation. What we are concerned about is the mechanism by which these heterogeneous structures affect the crack propagation subsequently impacting the mechanical performance. Therefore, by introducing the phase-field method (PFM) of fracture, we presented the propagation path of the initial crack under tension in the REBCO layer with heterogeneous structures. Additionally, we established a quantitative correlation between the fracture ratio (crack depth/tape width) and tensile strain to characterize the influence of heterogeneous structures on mechanical performance. Our findings indicated that the presence of heterogeneous structures markedly restricts crack propagation, leading to a substantial increase in the tensile strength of the REBCO tape. Furthermore, we delved into the impact of heterogeneous structure density on fracture behavior. The results revealed that higher densities of heterogeneous structures were more effective in suppressing crack propagation. Considering that the heterogeneous structure reduces the effective current-carrying area, consequently causing critical current degradation, we also explored fracture behavior under various distributions of these structures. Our results demonstrate the possibility of mitigating critical current degradation while concurrently enhancing mechanical strength by strategically adjusting the distribution of heterogeneous structures.</div>","PeriodicalId":20159,"journal":{"name":"Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications","volume":"617 ","pages":"Article 1354426"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139062261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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