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text: Arrays of Josephson junctions are governed by a competition between superconductivity
and repulsive Coulomb interactions, and are expected to exhibit diverging low-temperature
resistance when interactions exceed a critical level. Here we report a study of
the transport and microwave response of Josephson arrays with interactions exceeding
this level. Contrary to expectations, we observe that the array resistance drops
dramatically as the temperature is decreased—reminiscent of superconducting behaviour—and
then saturates at low temperature. Applying a magnetic field, we eventually observe
a transition to a highly resistive regime. These observations can be understood
within a theoretical picture that accounts for the effect of thermal fluctuations
on the insulating phase. On the basis of the agreement between experiment and
theory, we suggest that apparent superconductivity in our Josephson arrays arises
from melting the zero-temperature insulator.
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acknowledgement: We thank D. Haviland, J. Pekola, C. Ciuti, A. Bubis and A. Shnirman
for helpful feedback on the paper. This research was supported by the Scientific
Service Units of IST Austria through resources provided by the MIBA Machine Shop
and the Nanofabrication Facility. Work supported by the Austrian FWF grant P33692-N
(S.M., J.S. and A.P.H.), the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation
programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 754411 (J.S.) and
a NOMIS foundation research grant (J.M.F. and A.P.H.).
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- first_name: Soham
full_name: Mukhopadhyay, Soham
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- first_name: Jorden L
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last_name: Senior
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- first_name: Jaime
full_name: Saez Mollejo, Jaime
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last_name: Saez Mollejo
- first_name: Denise
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last_name: Puglia
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- first_name: Martin
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last_name: Fink
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citation:
ama: Mukhopadhyay S, Senior JL, Saez Mollejo J, et al. Superconductivity from a
melted insulator in Josephson junction arrays. Nature Physics. 2023;19:1630-1635.
doi:10.1038/s41567-023-02161-w
apa: Mukhopadhyay, S., Senior, J. L., Saez Mollejo, J., Puglia, D., Zemlicka, M.,
Fink, J. M., & Higginbotham, A. P. (2023). Superconductivity from a melted
insulator in Josephson junction arrays. Nature Physics. Springer Nature.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02161-w
chicago: Mukhopadhyay, Soham, Jorden L Senior, Jaime Saez Mollejo, Denise Puglia,
Martin Zemlicka, Johannes M Fink, and Andrew P Higginbotham. “Superconductivity
from a Melted Insulator in Josephson Junction Arrays.” Nature Physics.
Springer Nature, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02161-w.
ieee: S. Mukhopadhyay et al., “Superconductivity from a melted insulator
in Josephson junction arrays,” Nature Physics, vol. 19. Springer Nature,
pp. 1630–1635, 2023.
ista: Mukhopadhyay S, Senior JL, Saez Mollejo J, Puglia D, Zemlicka M, Fink JM,
Higginbotham AP. 2023. Superconductivity from a melted insulator in Josephson
junction arrays. Nature Physics. 19, 1630–1635.
mla: Mukhopadhyay, Soham, et al. “Superconductivity from a Melted Insulator in Josephson
Junction Arrays.” Nature Physics, vol. 19, Springer Nature, 2023, pp. 1630–35,
doi:10.1038/s41567-023-02161-w.
short: S. Mukhopadhyay, J.L. Senior, J. Saez Mollejo, D. Puglia, M. Zemlicka, J.M.
Fink, A.P. Higginbotham, Nature Physics 19 (2023) 1630–1635.
date_created: 2023-08-11T07:41:17Z
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_id: '8909'
abstract:
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text: Spin qubits are considered to be among the most promising candidates for building
a quantum processor. Group IV hole spin qubits have moved into the focus of interest
due to the ease of operation and compatibility with Si technology. In addition,
Ge offers the option for monolithic superconductor-semiconductor integration.
Here we demonstrate a hole spin qubit operating at fields below 10 mT, the critical
field of Al, by exploiting the large out-of-plane hole g-factors in planar Ge
and by encoding the qubit into the singlet-triplet states of a double quantum
dot. We observe electrically controlled X and Z-rotations with tunable frequencies
exceeding 100 MHz and dephasing times of 1μs which we extend beyond 15μs with
echo techniques. These results show that Ge hole singlet triplet qubits outperform
their electronic Si and GaAs based counterparts in speed and coherence, respectively.
In addition, they are on par with Ge single spin qubits, but can be operated at
much lower fields underlining their potential for on chip integration with superconducting
technologies.
acknowledged_ssus:
- _id: M-Shop
- _id: NanoFab
acknowledgement: This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units of Institute
of Science and Technology (IST) Austria through resources provided by the Miba Machine
Shop and the nanofabrication facility, and was made possible with the support of
the NOMIS Foundation. This project has received funding from the European Union’s
Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant
agreements no. 844511 and no. 75441, and by the Austrian Science Fund FWF-P 30207
project. A.B. acknowledges support from the European Union Horizon 2020 FET project
microSPIRE, no. 766955. M. Botifoll and J.A. acknowledge funding from Generalitat
de Catalunya 2017 SGR 327. The Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
(ICN2) is supported by the Severo Ochoa programme from the Spanish Ministery of
Economy (MINECO) (grant no. SEV-2017-0706) and is funded by the Catalonian Research
Centre (CERCA) Programme, Generalitat de Catalunya. Part of the present work has
been performed within the framework of the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona Materials
Science PhD programme. Part of the HAADF scanning transmission electron microscopy
was conducted in the Laboratorio de Microscopias Avanzadas at Instituto de Nanociencia
de Aragon, Universidad de Zaragoza. ICN2 acknowledge support from the Spanish Superior
Council of Scientific Research (CSIC) Research Platform on Quantum Technologies
PTI-001. M.B. acknowledges funding from the Catalan Agency for Management of University
and Research Grants (AGAUR) Generalitat de Catalunya formation of investigators
(FI) PhD grant.
article_processing_charge: No
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full_name: Jirovec, Daniel
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- first_name: Andrea C
full_name: Hofmann, Andrea C
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last_name: Hofmann
- first_name: Andrea
full_name: Ballabio, Andrea
last_name: Ballabio
- first_name: Philipp M.
full_name: Mutter, Philipp M.
last_name: Mutter
- first_name: Giulio
full_name: Tavani, Giulio
last_name: Tavani
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full_name: Crippa, Alessandro
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last_name: Kukucka
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last_name: Sagi
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last_name: Martins
orcid: 0000-0003-2668-2401
- first_name: Jaime
full_name: Saez Mollejo, Jaime
id: e0390f72-f6e0-11ea-865d-862393336714
last_name: Saez Mollejo
- first_name: Ivan
full_name: Prieto Gonzalez, Ivan
id: 2A307FE2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Prieto Gonzalez
orcid: 0000-0002-7370-5357
- first_name: Maksim
full_name: Borovkov, Maksim
id: 2ac7a0a2-3562-11eb-9256-fbd18ea55087
last_name: Borovkov
- first_name: Jordi
full_name: Arbiol, Jordi
last_name: Arbiol
- first_name: Daniel
full_name: Chrastina, Daniel
last_name: Chrastina
- first_name: Giovanni
full_name: Isella, Giovanni
last_name: Isella
- first_name: Georgios
full_name: Katsaros, Georgios
id: 38DB5788-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
last_name: Katsaros
orcid: 0000-0001-8342-202X
citation:
ama: Jirovec D, Hofmann AC, Ballabio A, et al. A singlet triplet hole spin qubit
in planar Ge. Nature Materials. 2021;20(8):1106–1112. doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01022-2
apa: Jirovec, D., Hofmann, A. C., Ballabio, A., Mutter, P. M., Tavani, G., Botifoll,
M., … Katsaros, G. (2021). A singlet triplet hole spin qubit in planar Ge. Nature
Materials. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-021-01022-2
chicago: Jirovec, Daniel, Andrea C Hofmann, Andrea Ballabio, Philipp M. Mutter,
Giulio Tavani, Marc Botifoll, Alessandro Crippa, et al. “A Singlet Triplet Hole
Spin Qubit in Planar Ge.” Nature Materials. Springer Nature, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-021-01022-2.
ieee: D. Jirovec et al., “A singlet triplet hole spin qubit in planar Ge,”
Nature Materials, vol. 20, no. 8. Springer Nature, pp. 1106–1112, 2021.
ista: Jirovec D, Hofmann AC, Ballabio A, Mutter PM, Tavani G, Botifoll M, Crippa
A, Kukucka J, Sagi O, Martins F, Saez Mollejo J, Prieto Gonzalez I, Borovkov M,
Arbiol J, Chrastina D, Isella G, Katsaros G. 2021. A singlet triplet hole spin
qubit in planar Ge. Nature Materials. 20(8), 1106–1112.
mla: Jirovec, Daniel, et al. “A Singlet Triplet Hole Spin Qubit in Planar Ge.” Nature
Materials, vol. 20, no. 8, Springer Nature, 2021, pp. 1106–1112, doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01022-2.
short: D. Jirovec, A.C. Hofmann, A. Ballabio, P.M. Mutter, G. Tavani, M. Botifoll,
A. Crippa, J. Kukucka, O. Sagi, F. Martins, J. Saez Mollejo, I. Prieto Gonzalez,
M. Borovkov, J. Arbiol, D. Chrastina, G. Isella, G. Katsaros, Nature Materials
20 (2021) 1106–1112.
date_created: 2020-12-02T10:50:47Z
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date_updated: 2024-03-27T23:30:26Z
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