Nanostructured superconductors

Autor(en)

Wolfgang Lang

Abstrakt

The relevant length scales for superconductivity are of the order of nanometers. By confining the superconducting condensate to such dimensions, many physical properties change substantially, and novel phenomena emerge, which are absent in the pristine material. We discuss various methods of creating artificial nanostructures by top-down approaches in metallic and copper-oxide superconductors and their applications. Such nanostructures can be used to control magnetic flux quanta in superconductors, anchoring them to engineered defects to avoid dissipation, guiding their motion, or building artificial flux-quanta arrangements. Nanopatterned superconductors are essential for creating model systems for basic research and enable building almost dissipationless and ultrafast electronic devices and highly sensitive sensors.

Organisation(en)

Elektronische Materialeigenschaften

Band

3

Seiten

368-380

Anzahl der Seiten

13

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2310.18232

Publikationsdatum

10-2023

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

103033 Supraleitung, 210006 Nanotechnologie

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/98cb46ed-19f6-4086-b8c9-3620b3fd29c7