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Title: Novel methods of fabrication and metrology of superconducting nanostructures
Authors: Hao, L
Macfarlane, JC
Gallop, JC
Cox, DD
Joseph-Franks, P
Hutson, D
Chen, JJ
Lam, SKH
Keywords: Magnetic field effects;Nanotechnology;Superconducting devices;Thin films
Issue Date: 2007
Publisher: IEEE
Citation: IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 56(2): 392 - 396, Apr 2007
Abstract: As metrology extends toward the nanoscale, a number of potential applications and new challenges arise. By combining photolithography with focused ion beam and/or electron beam methods, superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) with loop dimensions down to 200 nm and superconducting bridge dimensions of the order 80 nm have been produced. These SQUIDs have a range of potential applications. As an illustration, we describe a method for characterizing the effective area and the magnetic penetration depth of a structured superconducting thin film in the extreme limit, where the superconducting penetration depth $lambda$ is much greater than the film thickness and is comparable with the lateral dimensions of the device.
URI: http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/1081
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2007.890593
Appears in Collections:Dept of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Papers

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