Advanced Superconducting Materials and Device Concepts

Abstract

Various materials and physical processes relevant to the electronic applications of high-Tc superconductivity have been studied. The materials include 123 YBaCuO, 2212 BiSrCaCuO, SrRuO3, SrCuO2, (La-Ca)MnO3, and related complex oxides. The results include: (1) evidence for and practical consequences of the novel d-wave pairing symmetry of the high-Tc superconductors; (2) the thin film growth and physical behavior of various potential barrier materials for high-Tc superconductor/normal/superconductor (SNS) Josephson junctions, including evidence of the breakdown of the conventional Boltzmann theory of transport in SrRuO3; and (3) the demonstration of a ferroelectric field effect in ultrathin films of SrCuO2 and SrRuO3 on PZT, including read/write operations using a scanning probe on submicron scales. The origin of the colossal magneto-resistance in the maganites was also clarified. The transient nonlinear dynamics of series arrays of Josephson junctions operating as a large-signal output amplifier between superconducting electronics and conventional semiconductor circuits were analyzed and practical design issues identified.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA343722

Entities

People

  • A. Kapitulnik
  • Malcolm Beasley
  • Theodore H. Geballe

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Crystals
  • Dynamics
  • Electronics
  • Films
  • High Temperature
  • High Temperature Superconductors
  • Josephson Junctions
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetic Phenomena
  • Magnetic Properties
  • Materials
  • Physical Properties
  • Resistance
  • Superconductors
  • Thin Films
  • Transition Temperature
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Superconducting Magnet Technology
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene