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International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM)

Quasiparticle-Injected Superconducting Weak Link Device

Shigeki Sakai, Hiroshi Tateno

Published Aug 26, 1981• 2 citations
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Abstract

This paper concerns a new three terminal superconducting weak link device, having a third electrode attached to the weak link part for injecting quasiparticles. The structure, the fabrication procedure and the result of the measurement of its static I-V characteristics are presented. As a result, a current gain larger than that of any other Josephson switching devices is obtained. It is found that the larger current gain depends strongly upon the input resistance between the third electrode and the weak link part. The switching speed of the device is also theoretically discussed.

DOI
10.7567/ssdm.1981.b-3-6

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In this paper we discuss some general features of three terminal superconducting devices which operate on the basis of superconducting energy gap suppression by quasiparticle injection. These features include latching behavior at greater than unity power gain and, in the conventional three layer sandwich geometry, a rather long device switching time. We then describe three terminal gap suppression experiments carried out with the use of a double edge junction geometry. The problems of obtaining large gain in this higher speed geometry are discussed. Finally, we point out that these problems are alleviated by using the gap suppression effect to switch a supercurrent biased junction rather than to modify the quasiparticle I-V curve.
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