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| Author | Peltonen, J. T.; Astafiev, O. V.; Korneeva, Y. P.; Voronov, B. M.; Korneev, A. A.; Charaev, I. M.; Semenov, A. V.; Golt'sman, G. N.; Ioffe, L. B.; Klapwijk, T. M.; Tsai, J. S. | ||||
| Title | Coherent flux tunneling through NbN nanowires | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2013 | Publication | Phys. Rev. B | Abbreviated Journal  |
Phys. Rev. B |
| Volume | 88 | Issue | 22 | Pages | 220506 (1 to 5) |
| Keywords | NbN nanowires | ||||
| Abstract | We demonstrate evidence of coherent magnetic flux tunneling through superconducting nanowires patterned in a thin highly disordered NbN film. The phenomenon is revealed as a superposition of flux states in a fully metallic superconducting loop with the nanowire acting as an effective tunnel barrier for the magnetic flux, and reproducibly observed in different wires. The flux superposition achieved in the fully metallic NbN rings proves the universality of the phenomenon previously reported for InOx. We perform microwave spectroscopy and study the tunneling amplitude as a function of the wire width, compare the experimental results with theories, and estimate the parameters for existing theoretical models. | ||||
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| ISSN | 1098-0121 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Call Number | Serial | 1369 | |||
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| Author | Sahu, Mitrabhanu; Bae, Myung-Ho; Rogachev, Andrey; Pekker, David; Wei, Tzu-Chieh; Shah, Nayana; Goldbart, Paul M.; Bezryadin, Alexey | ||||
| Title | Individual topological tunnelling events of a quantum field probed through their macroscopic consequences | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2009 | Publication | Nature Phys. | Abbreviated Journal |
Nature Phys. |
| Volume | 5 | Issue | Pages | 503-508 | |
| Keywords | phase slips, superconducting nanowires | ||||
| Abstract | Phase slips are topological fluctuations that carry the superconducting order-parameter field between distinct current-carrying states. Owing to these phase slips, superconducting nanowires acquire electrical resistance. In such wires, it is well known that at higher temperatures phase slips occur through the process of thermal barrier-crossing by the order-parameter field. At low temperatures, the general expectation is that phase slips should proceed through quantum tunnelling events, which are known as quantum phase slips. However, resistive measurements have produced evidence both for and against the occurrence of quantum phase slips. Here, we report evidence for the observation of individual quantum phase-slip events in homogeneous ultranarrow wires at high bias currents. We accomplish this through measurements of the distribution of switching currents for which the width exhibits a rather counter-intuitive, monotonic increase with decreasing temperature. Importantly, measurements show that in nanowires with larger critical currents, quantum fluctuations dominate thermal fluctuations up to higher temperatures. | ||||
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| Call Number | Serial | 928 | |||
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| Author | Arutyunov, K. Y.; Ramos-Alvarez, A.; Semenov, A. V.; Korneeva, Y. P.; An, P. P.; Korneev, A. A.; Murphy, A.; Bezryadin, A.; Gol'tsman, G. N. | ||||
| Title | Superconductivity in highly disordered NbN nanowires | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2016 | Publication | Nanotechnol. | Abbreviated Journal |
Nanotechnol. |
| Volume | 27 | Issue | 47 | Pages | 47lt02 (1 to 8) |
| Keywords | NbN nanowires | ||||
| Abstract | The topic of superconductivity in strongly disordered materials has attracted significant attention. These materials appear to be rather promising for fabrication of various nanoscale devices such as bolometers and transition edge sensors of electromagnetic radiation. The vividly debated subject of intrinsic spatial inhomogeneity responsible for the non-Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer relation between the superconducting gap and the pairing potential is crucial both for understanding the fundamental issues of superconductivity in highly disordered superconductors, and for the operation of corresponding nanoelectronic devices. Here we report an experimental study of the electron transport properties of narrow NbN nanowires with effective cross sections of the order of the debated inhomogeneity scales. The temperature dependence of the critical current follows the textbook Ginzburg-Landau prediction for the quasi-one-dimensional superconducting channel I c approximately (1-T/T c)(3/2). We find that conventional models based on the the phase slip mechanism provide reasonable fits for the shape of R(T) transitions. Better agreement with R(T) data can be achieved assuming the existence of short 'weak links' with slightly reduced local critical temperature T c. Hence, one may conclude that an 'exotic' intrinsic electronic inhomogeneity either does not exist in our structures, or, if it does exist, it does not affect their resistive state properties, or does not provide any specific impact distinguishable from conventional weak links. | ||||
| Address | National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics,109028, Moscow, Russia. P L Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems RAS, Moscow, 119334, Russia | ||||
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| Language | English | Summary Language | Original Title | ||
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| ISSN | 0957-4484 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Notes | PMID:27782000 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Serial | 1332 | |||
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| Author | Dauler, Eric; Kerman, Andrew; Robinson, Bryan; Yang, Joel; Voronov, Boris; Goltsman, Gregory; Hamilton, Scott; Berggren, Karl | ||||
| Title | Photon-number-resolution with sub-30-ps timing using multi-element superconducting nanowire single photon detectors | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2009 | Publication | J. Modern Opt. | Abbreviated Journal |
J. Modern Opt. |
| Volume | 56 | Issue | 2 | Pages | 364-373 |
| Keywords | PNR SSPD; SNSPD; photon-number-resolution; superconducting nanowire single photon detector; timing jitter; system detection efficiency | ||||
| Abstract | A photon-number-resolving detector based on a four-element superconducting nanowire single photon detector is demonstrated to have sub-30-ps resolution in measuring the arrival time of individual photons. This detector can be used to characterize the photon statistics of non-pulsed light sources and to mitigate dead-time effects in high-speed photon counting applications. Furthermore, a 25% system detection efficiency at 1550 nm was demonstrated, making the detector useful for both low-flux source characterization and high-speed photon-counting and quantum communication applications. The design, fabrication and testing of this detector are described, and a comparison between the measured and theoretical performance is presented. | ||||
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| Call Number | RPLAB @ gujma @ | Serial | 700 | ||
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| Author | de Lara, D. Perez; Ejrnaes, M.; Casaburi, A.; Lisitskiy, M.; Cristiano, R.; Pagano, S.; Gaggero, A.; Leoni, R.; Golt’sman, G.; Voronov, B. | ||||
| Title | Feasibility investigation of NbN nanowires as detector in time-of-flight mass spectrometers for macromolecules of interest in biology (proteins) | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2008 | Publication | J. Low Temp. Phys. | Abbreviated Journal |
J. Low Temp. Phys. |
| Volume | 151 | Issue | 3-4 | Pages | 771-776 |
| Keywords | NbN SSPD, SNSPD, nanowires | ||||
| Abstract | We are investigating the possibility of using NbN nanowires as detectors in time-of-flight mass spectrometers for investigation of macromolecules of interest in biology (proteins). NbN nanowires could overcome the two major drawbacks encountered so far by cryogenic detectors, namely the low working temperature in the mK region and the slow temporal response. In fact, NbN nanowires can work at 5 K and the response time is at least a factor 10–100 better than that of other cryogenic detectors. We present a feasibility study based on a numerical code to calculate the response of a NbN nanowire. The parameter space is investigated at different energies from IR to macromolecules (i.e. from eV to keV) in order to understand if larger value of film thickness and width can be used for the keV energy region. We also present preliminary experimental results of irradiation with X-ray photons of NbN to simulate the effect of macromolecules of the same energy. | ||||
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| ISSN | 0022-2291 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Author | Rath, P.; Vetter, A.; Kovalyuk, V.; Ferrari, S.; Kahl, O.; Nebel, C.; Goltsman, G. N.; Korneev, A.; Pernice, W. H. P. | ||||
| Title | Travelling-wave single-photon detectors integrated with diamond photonic circuits: operation at visible and telecom wavelengths with a timing jitter down to 23 ps | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2016 | Publication | Integrated Optics: Devices, Mat. Technol. XX | Abbreviated Journal |
Integrated Optics: Devices, Mat. Technol. XX |
| Volume | 9750 | Issue | Pages | 135-142 | |
| Keywords | SSPD, Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detector, SNSPD, Single Photon Detector, Diamond Photonics, Diamond Integrated Optics, Diamond Waveguides, Integrated Optics, Low Timing Jitter | ||||
| Abstract | We report on the design, fabrication and measurement of travelling-wave superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) integrated with polycrystalline diamond photonic circuits. We analyze their performance both in the near-infrared wavelength regime around 1600 nm and at 765 nm. Near-IR detection is important for compatibility with the telecommunication infrastructure, while operation in the visible wavelength range is relevant for compatibility with the emission line of silicon vacancy centers in diamond which can be used as efficient single-photon sources. Our detectors feature high critical currents (up to 31 μA) and high performance in terms of efficiency (up to 74% at 765 nm), noise-equivalent power (down to 4.4×10-19 W/Hz1/2 at 765 nm) and timing jitter (down to 23 ps). | ||||
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| Publisher | Spie | Place of Publication | Editor | Broquin, J.-E.; Conti, G.N. | |
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| Author | Korneeva, Yuliya; Florya, Irina; Vdovichev, Sergey; Moshkova, Mariya; Simonov, Nikita; Kaurova, Natalia; Korneev, Alexander; Goltsman, Gregory | ||||
| Title | Comparison of hot-spot formation in NbN and MoN thin superconducting films after photon absorption | Type | Conference Article | ||
| Year | 2017 | Publication | IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity | Abbreviated Journal |
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductiv |
| Volume | 27 | Issue | 4 | Pages | 5 |
| Keywords | Thin film devices, Superconducitng photoncounting devices, Nanowire single-photon detectors | ||||
| Abstract | In superconducting single-photon detectors SSPD the efficiency of local suppression of superconductivity and hotspot formation is controlled by diffusivity and electron-phonon interaction time. Here we selected a material, 3.6-nm-thick MoNx film, which features diffusivity close to those of NbN traditionally used for SSPD fabrication, but with electron-phonon interaction time an order of magnitude larger. In MoNx detectors we study the dependence of detection efficiency on bias current, photon energy, and strip width and compare it with NbN SSPD. We observe non-linear current-energy dependence in MoNx SSPD and more pronounced plateaus in dependences of detection efficiency on bias current which we attribute to longer electronphonon interaction time. |
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| Call Number | RPLAB @ kovalyuk @ | Serial | 1114 | ||
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| Author | Tinkham, M.; Free, J. U.; Lau, C. N.; Markovic, N. | ||||
| Title | Hysteretic I–V curves of superconducting nanowires | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2003 | Publication | Phys. Rev. B | Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume | 68 | Issue | Pages | 134515(1 to 7) | |
| Keywords | MoGe nanowires, self-heating effect | ||||
| Abstract | Experimental I–V curves of superconducting MoGe nanowires show hysteresis for the thicker wires and none for the thinner wires. A rather quantitative account of these data for representative wires is obtained by numerically solving the one-dimensional heat flow equation to find a self-consistent distribution of temperature and local resistivity along the wire, using the measured linear resistance R(T) as input. This suggests that the retrapping current in the hysteretic I–V curves is primarily determined by heating effects, and not by the dynamics of phase motion in a tilted washboard potential as often assumed. Heating effects and thermal fluctuations from the low-resistance state to a high-resistance, quasinormal regime appear to set independent upper bounds for the switching current. | ||||
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| Call Number | Serial | 918 | |||
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| Author | Pothier, H.; Guéron, S.; Birge, Norman O.; Esteve, D.; Devoret, M. H. | ||||
| Title | Energy distribution function of quasiparticles in mesoscopic wires | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 1997 | Publication | Phys. Rev. Lett. | Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume | 79 | Issue | 18 | Pages | 3490-3493 |
| Keywords | tunnel probe, metallic nanowire, diffusive wire, diffusive nanowire | ||||
| Abstract | We have measured with a tunnel probe the energy distribution function of Landau quasiparticles in metallic diffusive wires connected to two reservoir electrodes, with an applied bias voltage. The distribution function in the middle of a 1.5-μm-long wire resembles the half sum of the Fermi distributions of the reservoirs. The distribution functions in 5-μm-long wires are more rounded, due to interactions between quasiparticles during the longer diffusion time across the wire. From the scaling of the data with the bias voltage, we find that the scattering rate between two quasiparticles varies as <c9><203a>–2, where <c9><203a> is the energy transferred. | ||||
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| Author | Pekker, David; Shah, Nayana; Sahu, Mitrabhanu; Bezryadin, Alexey; Goldbart, Paul M. | ||||
| Title | Stochastic dynamics of phase-slip trains and superconductive-resistive switching in current-biased nanowires | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2009 | Publication | Phys. Rev. B | Abbreviated Journal |
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| Volume | 80 | Issue | Pages | 214525 (1 to 17) | |
| Keywords | superconducting nanowire, phase-slip, order parameter, HEB distributed model, HEB model | ||||
| Abstract | Superconducting nanowires fabricated via carbon-nanotube templating can be used to realize and study quasi-one-dimensional superconductors. However, measurement of the linear resistance of these nanowires have been inconclusive in determining the low-temperature behavior of phase-slip fluctuations, both quantal and thermal. Thus, we are motivated to study the nonlinear current-voltage characteristics in current-biased nanowires and the stochastic dynamics of superconductive-resistive switching, as a way of probing phase-slip events. In particular, we address the question: can a single phase-slip event occurring somewhere along the wire—during which the order-parameter fluctuates to zero—induce switching, via the local heating it causes? We explore this and related issues by constructing a stochastic model for the time evolution of the temperature in a nanowire whose ends are maintained at a fixed temperature. We derive the corresponding master equation as a tool for evaluating and analyzing the mean switching time at a given value of current (smaller than the depairing critical current). The model indicates that although, in general, several phase-slip events are necessary to induce switching via a thermal runaway, there is indeed a regime of temperatures and currents in which a single event is sufficient. We carry out a detailed comparison of the results of the model with experimental measurements of the distribution of switching currents, and provide an explanation for the rather counterintuitive broadening of the distribution width that is observed upon lowering the temperature. Moreover, we identify a regime in which the experiments are probing individual phase-slip events, and thus offer a way of unearthing and exploring the physics of nanoscale quantum tunneling of the one-dimensional collective quantum field associated with the superconducting order parameter. | ||||
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| Call Number | Serial | 923 | |||
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