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Ultrahigh Linearity of the Magnetic-Flux-to-Voltage Response of Proximity-Based Mesoscopic Bi-SQUIDs

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dc.contributor.authorDe Simoni, G.
dc.contributor.authorLigato, N.
dc.contributor.authorGiazotto, F.
dc.contributor.authorCassola, L.
dc.contributor.authorTettamanzi, G.C.
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractSuperconducting double-loop interferometers (bi-SQUIDs) have been introduced to produce magnetic flux sensors specifically designed to exhibit an ultrahighly linear voltage response as a function of the magnetic flux. These devices are very important for quantum sensing and for signal processing of signals oscillating in the radio-frequency range of the electromagnetic spectrum. Here, we report an Al doubleloop bi-SQUID based on proximitized mesoscopic Cu Josephson junctions. Such a scheme provides an alternative fabrication approach to conventional tunnel-junction-based interferometers, where the junction characteristics and, consequently, the magnetic-flux-to-voltage and magnetic-flux-to-critical-current device responses can be largely and easily tailored by the geometry of the metallic weak links. We discuss the performance of such sensors by showing a full characterization of the device switching current and voltage drop versus the magnetic flux for operation temperatures ranging from 30 mK to approximately 1 K. The figures of merit of the transfer function and of the total harmonic distortion are also discussed. The latter provides an estimate of the linearity of the flux-to-voltage device response, which attains values as large as 45 dB. Such a result lets us foresee a performance already on par with that achieved in conventional tunnel-junction-based bi-SQUIDs arrays composed of hundreds of interferometers.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityGiorgio De Simoni, Nadia Ligato, Francesco Giazotto, Lorenzo Cassola, and Giuseppe C. Tettamanzi
dc.identifier.citationPhysical Review Applied, 2022; 18(1):1-8
dc.identifier.doi10.1103/physrevapplied.18.014073
dc.identifier.issn2331-7019
dc.identifier.issn2331-7019
dc.identifier.orcidTettamanzi, G.C. [0000-0002-3209-0632]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/136038
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Society (APS)
dc.rights© 2022 American Physical Society
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.18.014073
dc.subjectCondensed matter; Nanostructures; SQUID
dc.titleUltrahigh Linearity of the Magnetic-Flux-to-Voltage Response of Proximity-Based Mesoscopic Bi-SQUIDs
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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