DOI: 10.1126/science.1113523. Tunable Supercurrent Through Semiconductor Nanowires

Tunable Supercurrent Through Semiconductor Nanowires

10.1126/science.1113523

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Abstract

Nanoscale superconductor/semiconductor hybrid devices are assembled from indium arsenide semiconductor nanowires individually contacted by aluminum-based superconductor electrodes. Below 1 kelvin, the high transparency of the contacts gives rise to proximity-induced superconductivity. The nanowires form superconducting weak links operating as mesoscopic Josephson junctions with electrically tunable coupling. The supercurrent can be switched on/off by a gate voltage acting on the electron density in the nanowire. A variation in gate voltage induces universal fluctuations in the normal-state conductance, which are clearly correlated to critical current fluctuations. The alternating-current Josephson effect gives rise to Shapiro steps in the voltage-current characteristic under microwave irradiation.

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Doh, Y.-J., van Dam, J. A., Roest, A. L., Bakkers, E. P. A. M., Kouwenhoven, L. P., & De Franceschi, S. (2005). Tunable Supercurrent Through Semiconductor Nanowires. Science, 309(5732), 272â275.

Authors 6

Yong-Joo Doh (first)
Jorden A. van Dam (additional)
Aarnoud L. Roest (additional)
Erik P. A. M. Bakkers (additional)
Leo P. Kouwenhoven (additional)
Silvano De Franceschi (additional)

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