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1/F Noise 344 Φ0 460–462 Φ0-Junction 422 Βc 348 Βl 348 a Abrikosov 9 Index 1/f noise 344 B ϕμ 360 Bardeen, Cooper, and Schrieffer 4 φ0 460–462 BCS theory 4 φ0-junction 422 Bednorz and Müller 3 βC 348 bicrystal submicron JJs 326 βL 348 biepitaxial junctions 326 biepitaxial submicron junctions 326 Bloch 32 A Bogoliubov–de Gennes approach 423 Abrikosov 9 Bogoliubov-deGennes equation 314 Abrikosov fluxonics 271 Bogomol’nyi point 142 Abrikosov vortex lattice 11 bottom-up technique 326 Abrikosov vortices 11 BSCCO 3 absorption 388 BTK 36 absorption imaging 402 BTK formalism 37 ac conductivity 66 ac dynamics of the vortices 81 C AC Josephson effect 21 Campbell penetration depth 70 ac losses 75 Campbell regime 70, 84 ac magnetic susceptibility 368 cavity 399 cavity resonance 395 ac susceptibility χac 347 ac-susceptibility measurements 75 cavity resonances 389, 395 ac-susceptibility technique 61 channel model 230 additional imaginary 330 characteristic voltage Vc 351 additional positive feedback (APF) 346 charging effects 327 CNTs 363 AFM 362 coherence length 8, 30, 31, 39, 45, 55, 310 all-high Tc emitter-receiver setup 402 coherence length ξ(T) 354 amorphous superconducting thin film 46, 48, coherence lengths 140 51, 54 collective fluxon dynamics 391 Andreev 29, 36, 37, 39, 42 collective pinning theory 14 Andreev reflection 311, 313, 414, 425, 432 complex permeability 82 Andreev-bound states 313, 326 complex relative permeability 74 angle dependence 396 complex resistivity 253, 261 anomalous Hall effect 232 complex transfer function 64 antennas 22 computed tomography imaging 402 antidots 226 conductivity 66 array of mesas 400 constrictions 354 Artificial channels 225 Cooper pair 29, 36, 37 artificial defects 223 Cooper pair box 322 artificial pinning defects 13 Cooper pairs 5 Artificial pinning sites 223 coplanar variable-thickness bridge 311 atomic 29–33, 38–41, 44, 45, 55 Corbino disk 263 Atomic contact 37 core interaction 223 atomic contact 37 correlated dynamics 88 atomic orbitals 32, 39, 40 correlation function 29, 43, 52, 55 488 |Index Coulomb energy 310 driven damped harmonic oscillator 62 coupled sine-Gordon equations 397, 399 drop-casting method 361 coupling factor ϕμ 348 d-wave OP symmetry 325 CPR 347, 355, 356 creep 43, 47 E critical current Ic 343 edge-type variable-thickness bridge 311 critical field 357, 364 effective ac-penetration depth 71 critical fields 359, 372 effective area 340 Critical temperature 459 efficiency of pinning 62 critical temperature 444, 446, 459 Eilenberger equations 413 Critical velocity 235 electrodynamical parameters 324 crossover temperature 319 elementary pinning force 12 cuprate 30, 34, 41, 45, 46 emission 389 curling 366 emission power 400 current distribution 89 energy dissipation 65 current voltage characteristics (IVC) 342 energy gap 5 current-phase relation 312 energy resolution 340 current-phase relation (CPR) 341 equation of motion 67 escape rate 319 D excess current 317 damping coefficient 68 Dayem bridges 354, 372 F DC Josephson effect 20 fabrication techniques 385 dc SQUID 339 Fano 35 Delaunay triangulation 50–53 Fermi liquid 32 demagnetization effect 237 Fermi sea 32, 41 density of states 29–35, 39–42, 45 Fermi surface 33, 34, 39–41, 45 dependence of Ic on the magnetic field 312 Fermi wavelength 32 depinning 29 ferritin 357,363,367 depinning frequency 256, 257, 269 ferromagnetic wire 418 diamagnetic 79 field resolution 340 diamagnetic response 80 filters 22 dielectric resonators 263 fluctuation processes 315 diluted vortex distribution 84 fluctuations 327 dip pen nanolithography (DPN) 363 Flux Creep 16 disclination 52–54 flux flow 71 Dislocation 54 flux focusing effect 349 dislocation 49, 52–54 flux lines 11 disordered vortex state 88 flux locked loop (FLL) mode 345 dispersion relation 32–34 flux modulation scheme 345 dispersive read out 346 flux noise 345, 347 displacement correlator 29, 52, 53 flux noise SΦ 347 dissipation 315, 324 flux-creep 259 dissipative 342, 344–346 flux-dependent inductance 346 dissipative state 344 flux-flow 254, 257, 264 domain wall 457–461 Flux-line shear mechanisms 15 domain walls 441, 457, 460 fluxoid quantization 341 dots 226 fluxon oscillators 389 DPN 368 fluxonic 24 Index | 489 Fluxonic Devices 245 inductive properties 74 fluxonic metamaterial 273 inertial term 67 focused e-beam induced deposition (FEBID) 362 in-phase 72 Fourier series expansion 73 in-phase component 65 Fraunhofer patterns 324 insertion loss 264 free energy 328 integrated response 73 Friedel 32 interactions 422 fully gapped superconductivity 330 interband scattering 43 interference phenomena 409, 422 G interstitial vortices 87 gapped bulk density of states 329 intrinsic Josephson effect 21 gapped surface density of states 329 intrinsic Josephson junction stacks 383 gauge-invariant phase difference 341 intrinsic pinning 224 GB junctions 326 irreversibility line 17 generators 23 IVC 385 geometric inductance Lg 343 IVCs 344, 346, 354 Ginzburg and Landau 7 Ginzburg–Landau approach 427 J Ginzburg–Landau equations 8 JJ 342 Ginzburg–Landau free energy functional 134 Josephson 29, 37–39, 45, 447 Ginzburg–Landau parameter 9 Josephson effect 341 gradiometer 348 Josephson effects 17 grain boundaries (GBs) 359 Josephson energy 310 grain boundary 312 Josephson equations 310 graphene 322, 323 Josephson junction 341, 412, 458, 460, 462, graphene/superconductor interfaces 314 463 Green function 34 Josephson junction formation 409 guided vortex motion 225 Josephson junctions 447, 449 Josephson relations 341 H Joule heating 387 harmonic potential 70 junction quality factor 317 heat sink 357 heavy fermion 35, 41 Heavy-ion lithography 226 K high frequencies 71 Kamerlingh Onnes 1 high-field magnets 23 Kim-Anderson model for flux creep 16 kinematic vortices 236 high-Tc cuprate superconductors 340, 344, 359 hot spot 395, 396, 398 kinetic inductance Lk 343 hot spots 398 Kondo 34 hot-spot 402 Kramers–Kronig relations 65 HTS 0-π corner junctions 312 HTS JJs 322 L HTS Josephson junctions 309 Labusch constant 70 hybrid coplanar structures 322 Labusch parameter 254 hybrid Josephson junctions 323 Landauer conductance 314 hybrid junctions 309 Langevin equation 320 Larkin and Ovchinnikov theory 235 I linear response 63 individual vortex motion 89 linewidth of THz radiation 396 inductance L 348 local dissipative response 82 490 |Index local inductive response 80 microsusceptometers 370 local linear ac response 79 Microwave Devices 242 local magnetic induction 78 mixed state 10 local relative permeability 78 mixers 22 London 66 Mn12 368 London penetration depth 67 Mn12 SMMs 357, 363 London penetration depth λL 343 MNPs 347, 361 London penetration length 8 mobility 86 long-junction 358 moderately damped regime 318 long-range intervortex forces 139 motion of fluxons 61 Lorentz force 77, 254 motors 23 low frequencies 70 MQT 326 low-frequency range 67 multiband Ginzburg–Landau theory 133 low-temperature scanning laser microscopy 395 Multiquanta Vortices 227 multiquanta vortices 228 M macroscopic quantum phenomena 317 N Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling 318, 319 nanolithography 362 macroscopic quantum tunneling 318 nanomanipulators 363 magnetic anisotropy 364 nanoparticle positioning 361 magnetic flux quantum 341 nanorods 266 magnetic induction 77, 84 nanowires 323, 422 magnetic interaction 223 natural frequency 63 magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) 340 natural resonance frequency 64 magnetic pattern 313 Nb/Al-AlOx/Nb trilayer 351 Magnetic resonance imaging 22 near-field regime 349 magnetic scattering 415 NIN tunnel junction 18 magnetization 365, 366 NIS tunnel junction 18 magnetization dynamics 457, 460, 463 noise parameter Γ 344 magnetocardiography 22 nonequilibrium effects 327 magnetoencephalography 22 nonequilibrium modes 324 magnetometry 339 nonlinear response 73 Magnus force 69, 232 nuclear resonance imaging 23 Majorana fermions 314, 323 manipulation of vortices 223 O matching field 270 order parameter 330 maximum emission frequencies 400 Order-disorder transition 51 Meissner and Ochsenfeld 4 order-disorder transition 51, 54, 55 Meissner state 74 organic superconductor 3 Meissner–Ochsenfeld effect 4 out-of-phase 72 melting 29, 43, 46, 47 out-of-phase component 65 mesoscopic fluctuations 430 overdamped 316, 317 mesoscopic superconducting devices 309 MgB2 3 P micromagnets 86 ‘parameter space’ of the Josephson junctions micromanipulators 363 332 microscopic models 88 parasitic capacitance 351 microscopic response 75 parity effect 327, 329 microsusceptometer 351, 370 periodic arrays of holes 87 Index | 491 phase angle 84 scanning Hall probe microscopy 62, 75 phase delocalization 321 scanning probe 362 Phase Diffusion 319 scanning SQUID microscopy 347, 363 phase diffusion 319, 321 scanning SQUID microscopy (SSM) 369 phase diffusion regime 316 scanning susceptibility microscopy 61 π-phase kink 398 Scanning Tunneling Microscope 29 Phase slip 236 scanning tunneling microscope 89 Pin breaking 14 SCD 327 pinned vortices 87 SCDs 319 pinning 46–51, 54, 55 screening currents 66, 76 pinning centers 254 screening length 261 pinning constant 254 screening parameter βL 343 pinning force 69 sensitivity 369 pinning landscape 89 serial SQUID array (SSA) amplifier 346 pinning potential 256 Shapiro steps 271 pinning, directionality 269 Sharvin 35 plasma frequency 317 short-junction 358 pnictides 3 short-junction limit 359 point defect 224 Shubnikov phase 10 power 389 single charge tunneling devices 321 proximity effect 311, 358, 409 single quasiparticle tunneling 36 proximized 358 single vortex resolution 62, 78 single-electron transistors 322, 327 Q single-electron tunneling 327 Q-factor 65 SIS junction 351 quantum computing 23 SIS tunnel junction
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