1. Ion beam machining of niobium weakly superconducting microbridges
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G. Vernet, M. Bernheim, P. Crozat, R. Adde, S. Gourrier, and D. Zenatti
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Materials science ,Fabrication ,Ion beam ,Niobium ,chemistry.chemical_element ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,Machining ,Electrical resistivity and conductivity ,Condensed Matter::Superconductivity ,0103 physical sciences ,Electrical conductivity ,Electronic engineering ,010302 applied physics ,Superconductivity ,Experimental study ,business.industry ,Transition temperature ,Electric bridges ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Computer Science::Other ,chemistry ,Ion beams ,Voltage current curve ,[PHYS.HIST]Physics [physics]/Physics archives ,Superconductor circuit ,Optoelectronics ,Superconducting transitions ,Microwave field ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Microwave - Abstract
Superconducting microbridges of hard superconductors can be realized reproducibly using an ion bombardment technique. The micromachining is obtained directly by focussing onto the superconducting film a reduced ionic image which represents the structure to be machined. We describe and discuss the superconducting properties of niobium Josephson microbridges fabricated using this technique : critical temperature, normal resistance, I-V characteristic, dc magnetic field effect and microwave field effect. Microbridges with an operating temperature of 4.2 K have been realized.
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- 1974
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