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Nano Lett. 2016 Nov 09;16(11):6910-6915. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b02841. Epub 2016 Oct 13.

Electrically Tunable Multiterminal SQUID-on-Tip.

Nano letters

Aviram Uri, Alexander Y Meltzer, Yonathan Anahory, Lior Embon, Ella O Lachman, Dorri Halbertal, Naren Hr, Yuri Myasoedov, Martin E Huber, Andrea F Young, Eli Zeldov

Affiliations

  1. Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
  2. Departments of Physics and Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado , Denver, Colorado 80217, United States.
  3. Department of Physics, University of California , Broida Hall, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States.

PMID: 27672705 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b02841

Abstract

We present a new nanoscale superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) whose interference pattern can be shifted electrically in situ. The device consists of a nanoscale four-terminal-four-junction SQUID fabricated at the apex of a sharp pipet using a self-aligned three-step deposition of Pb. In contrast to conventional two-terminal-two-junction SQUIDs that display optimal sensitivity when flux biased to about a quarter of the flux quantum, the additional terminals and junctions allow optimal sensitivity at arbitrary applied flux, thus eliminating the magnetic field "blind spots". We demonstrate spin sensitivity of 5 to 8 μ

Keywords: SQUID-on-tip; Superconducting quantum interference device; current-phase relations; nanoscale magnetic imaging

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