Demonstration of dual Shapiro steps in small Josephson junctions

F Kaap, C Kissling, V Gaydamachenko… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Bloch oscillations in small Josephson junctions were predicted theoretically as the quantum
dual to Josephson oscillations. A significant consequence of this prediction is the …

Calorimetry of a phase slip in a Josephson junction

E Gümüş, D Majidi, D Nikolić, P Raif, B Karimi… - Nature Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Josephson junctions are a central element in superconducting quantum technology; in these
devices, irreversibility arises from abrupt slips of the quantum phase difference across the …

Granular aluminium nanojunction fluxonium qubit

D Rieger, S Günzler, M Spiecker, P Paluch, P Winkel… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Mesoscopic Josephson junctions, consisting of overlapping superconducting electrodes
separated by a nanometre-thin oxide layer, provide a precious source of nonlinearity for …

Tuning the Josephson diode response with an ac current

R Seoane Souto, M Leijnse, C Schrade, M Valentini… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
Josephson diodes are superconducting elements that show an asymmetry in the critical
current depending on the direction of the current. Here, we theoretically explore how an …

Efficient microwave photon-to-electron conversion in a high-impedance quantum circuit

O Stanisavljević, JC Philippe, J Gabelli, M Aprili… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
We demonstrate an efficient and continuous microwave photon-to-electron converter with
large quantum efficiency (83%) and low dark current. These unique properties are enabled …

[HTML][HTML] High kinetic inductance NbTiN superconducting transmission line resonators in the very thin film limit

TM Bretz-Sullivan, RM Lewis, AL Lima-Sharma… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We examine the DC and radio frequency (RF) response of superconducting transmission
line resonators comprised of very thin NbTiN films,< 12 nm in thickness, in the high …

NbReN: A disordered superconductor in thin film form for potential application as superconducting nanowire single photon detector

C Cirillo, V Granata, A Spuri, A Di Bernardo… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
A superconductor, NbReN, in thin film form is synthesized. Here, the deposition parameters
and the electrical transport characterization of NbReN films grown by reactive dc sputtering …

Quantum bath engineering of a high impedance microwave mode through quasiparticle tunneling

G Aiello, M Féchant, A Morvan, J Basset… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
In microwave quantum optics, dissipation usually corresponds to quantum jumps, where
photons are lost one by one. Here we demonstrate a new approach to dissipation …

Tuning superinductors by quantum coherence effects for enhancing quantum computing

B Fan, A Samanta, AM García-García - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Research on spatially inhomogeneous weakly coupled superconductors has recently
received a boost of interest because of the experimental observation of a dramatic …

Ultrahigh kinetic inductance superconducting materials from spinodal decomposition

R Gao, HS Ku, H Deng, W Yu, T Xia, F Wu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Disordered superconducting nitrides with kinetic inductance have long been considered to
be leading material candidates for high‐inductance quantum‐circuit applications. Despite …