A research group at the NIMS (Sukekatsu Ushioda, president) International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA, Masakazu Aono, director), consisting of post-doctoral researcher Shunsuke ...

The Josephson junction is one of the most important elements in turning quantum phenomena into usable technology. A new RMIT study establishes a theoretical framework for new optical experimentation ...

Josephson junctions, comprising two superconducting electrodes separated by a thin insulating barrier, underpin a broad range of quantum technologies. The coherent tunnelling of Cooper pairs across ...

An image of a superconducting quantum computer shows several round, flat, golden layers with tubes and wires between them, all encased in a transparent cylinder. The superconducting quantum computer ...

Superconductors, which allow electrical currents to flow without resistance, hold out exciting possibilities for electronics. That’s because superconducting circuits and devices promise to harness a ...

Experiments show Josephson junction-like behavior can arise with only one superconductor, challenging the standard two-superconductor model. (Nanowerk News) Separate two superconductors with a thin ...

Cold connection: A Josephson junction in an ultracold 2D Fermi gas. (Courtesy: AG Moritz) Researchers in Germany have created a new platform for studying quantum phenomena by realizing a Josephson ...

An ultra-fast switching technology that uses superconductor materials. Used to build the qubits in quantum computers, Josephson junctions operate in near-absolute zero (minus 273 Celsius; minus 460 ...

A new technical paper titled “Josephson Junctions in the Age of Quantum Discovery” was published by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, UC Berkeley, Gwangju Institute of Science and ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Separate two superconductors with a thin layer of material and something strange happens. Their superconductivity — a property driven by paired electrons that allows electricity to ...

Scanning-electron-microscope image of part of the SQUID device used to measure the thermal Josephson effect. (Courtesy: Francesco Giazotto and María José Martínez-Pérez) The thermal Josephson effect, ...