2013
DOI: 10.1002/mawe.201300087
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Tunneling characteristics of superconducting junctions with inhomogeneous tunnel barriers

Abstract: The increasing interest in charge transport across amorphous nanometer-thick oxide layers is motivated by their promising applications in semiconductor and superconductor electronics. But usually, electrical characteristics of corresponding devices strongly differ from those following from a conventional theory of tunneling processes. In this work we discuss a possible reason of the anomalous behavior, namely, the presence of an universal bimodal distribution of transparencies across ultra-thin insulating film… Show more

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“…This IVC has a low subgap leakage current and is highly nonlinear-as expected for Superconductor-InsulatorSuperconductor tunnel junctions. The small current step at V = Δ/e of the IVC is most likely caused by Andreev reflection at the interface between the bottom Nb electrode and the 7-nm Al wetting layer of the Nb-Al-Al 2 O 3 -Nb structure [36] and not due to transport through pinholes-as discussed in [37]. The superconducting gap voltage was V g ≡ 2Δ/e ≅ 2.6 mV and did not depend on N. In addition, the IR n versus voltage V, where R n is taken to be the dynamic resistance at 5 mV, is nearly identical for JJs with different N; indicating good reproducibility in our junction fabrication process.…”
Section: B Josephson Junction Characterizationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This IVC has a low subgap leakage current and is highly nonlinear-as expected for Superconductor-InsulatorSuperconductor tunnel junctions. The small current step at V = Δ/e of the IVC is most likely caused by Andreev reflection at the interface between the bottom Nb electrode and the 7-nm Al wetting layer of the Nb-Al-Al 2 O 3 -Nb structure [36] and not due to transport through pinholes-as discussed in [37]. The superconducting gap voltage was V g ≡ 2Δ/e ≅ 2.6 mV and did not depend on N. In addition, the IR n versus voltage V, where R n is taken to be the dynamic resistance at 5 mV, is nearly identical for JJs with different N; indicating good reproducibility in our junction fabrication process.…”
Section: B Josephson Junction Characterizationmentioning
confidence: 99%