Ultra-Highly Linear Magnetic Flux-to-Voltage response in Proximity-based Mesoscopic bi-SQUIDs
arXiv:2112.09421 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.18.014073
Abstract
Superconducting double-loop interferometers (bi-SQUIDs) have been introduced to produce magnetic flux sensors specifically designed to exhibit ultra-highly linear voltage response as a function of the magnetic flux. These devices are very important for the quantum sensing and for signal processing of signals oscillating at the radio-frequencies range of the electromagnetic spectrum. Here, we report an Al double-loop bi-SQUIDs based on proximitized mesoscopic Cu Josephson junctions. Such a scheme provides an alternative fabrication approach to conventional tunnel junction-based interferometers, where the junction characteristics and, consequently, the magnetic flux-to-voltage and magnetic flux-to-critical current device response can be largely and easily tailored by the geometry of the metallic weak-links. We discuss the performance of such sensors by showing a full characterization of the device switching current and voltage drop \textit{vs.} magnetic flux for temperatures of operation ranging from 30 mK to K. The figure of merit of the transfer function and of the total harmonic distortion are also discussed. The latter provides an estimate of the linearity of the flux-to-voltage device response, which obtained values as large as 45 dB. Such a result let us foresee a performance already on pair with that achieved in conventional tunnel junction-based bi-SQUIDs arrays composed of hundreds of interferometers.
arXiv comment7 pages, 4 figures
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