• DocumentCode
    779324
  • Title

    Dependence of critical current density on oxygen exposure in Nb-AlO/sub x/-Nb tunnel junctions

  • Author

    Kleinsasser, A.W. ; Miller, R.E. ; Mallison, W.H.

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    3/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    26
  • Lastpage
    30
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate that a large fraction of the available data relating the critical current density J/sub c/ of superconducting Nb-AlO/sub x/-Nb tunnel junctions to oxidation parameters can be accounted for by a single, nearly universal dependence. For fixed oxidation temperature, J/sub c/ does not depend independently on oxygen partial pressure and oxidation time, but only on their product. There are two distinct regimes in this dependence, corresponding to high and low J/sub c/.<>
  • Keywords
    aluminium compounds; critical current density (superconductivity); niobium; oxidation; superconductive tunnelling; Nb-AlO-Nb; critical current density; oxidation; oxygen exposure; superconducting Nb-AlO/sub x/-Nb tunnel junctions; Artificial intelligence; Critical current density; Josephson junctions; Laboratories; Niobium; Oxidation; Oxygen; Substrates; Temperature dependence; Thickness control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1051-8223
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/77.384565
  • Filename
    384565