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20192026
most citedJosephson junctions and SQUIDs created by focused helium ion beam irradiation of YBaCuO

71 citations · 168 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

cond-mat.supr-con2026

Tailoring the properties of YBaCuO thin films by 30 keV He irradiation: An enabling route to superconducting device nanopatterning

Bernd Aichner, Simon Koch, Philipp A. Korner +8

Focused helium ion beam (He-FIB) irradiation with 30 keV ions is a key tool for nanoscale patterning and defect engineering in high transition temperature (Tc) cuprate superconduct…

cond-mat.supr-con2025

YBaCuO nano-constriction Josephson junctions and SQUIDs fabricated by focused helium-ion-beam irradiation

Christoph Schmid, Christopher Buckreus, David Haas +9

By focused He ion beam irradiation, epitaxially grown YBaCuO (YBCO) thin films can be driven from the superconducting to the insulating state with in…

cond-mat.supr-con2024★ 4 cited

Temporal Evolution of Defects and Related Electric Properties in He-Irradiated YBaCuO Thin Films

Sandra Keppert, Bernd Aichner, Philip Rohringer +8

Thin films of the superconductor YBaCuO (YBCO) were modified by low-energy light-ion irradiation employing collimated or focused He beams, and the long-term sta…

cond-mat.supr-con2024★ 15 cited

Vortex matching at 6 T in YBaCuO thin films by imprinting a 20 nm-periodic pinning array with a focused helium ion beam

Max Karrer, Bernd Aichner, Katja Wurster +9

Controlled engineering of vortex pinning sites in copper-oxide superconductors is a critical issue in manufacturing devices based on magnetic flux quanta. To address this, we emplo…

cond-mat.supr-con2023★ 7 cited

Why shot noise does not generally detect pairing in mesoscopic superconducting tunnel junctions

Jiasen Niu, Koen M. Bastiaans, Jianfeng Ge +10

The shot noise in tunneling experiments reflects the Poissonian nature of the tunneling process. The shot noise power is proportional to both the magnitude of the current and the e…

cond-mat.supr-con2023★ 17 cited

Temporal evolution of electric transport properties of YBCO Josephson junctions produced by focused Helium ion beam irradiation

M. Karrer, K. Wurster, J. Linek +4

Using a focused He ion beam (He-FIB) with a wide range of irradiation doses to we fabricated Josephson and resistive barriers wi…

cond-mat.supr-con2023★ 5 cited

Angle-dependent Magnetoresistance of an Ordered Bose Glass of Vortices in YBaCuO Thin Films with a Periodic Pinning~Lattice

Bernd Aichner, Lucas Backmeister, Max Karrer +5

The competition between intrinsic disorder in superconducting YBaCuO (YBCO) thin films and an ultradense triangular lattice of cylindrical pinning centers space…

cond-mat.supr-con2022★ 11 cited

Ordered Bose Glass of Vortices in Superconducting YBaCuO Thin Films with a Periodic Pin Lattice Created by Focused Helium Ion Irradiation

Lucas Backmeister, Bernd Aichner, Max Karrer +5

The defect-rich morphology of YBaCuO (YBCO) thin films leads to a glass-like arrangement of Abrikosov vortices which causes the resistance to disappear in vanis…

cond-mat.supr-con2020★ 11 cited

Angular magnetic-field dependence of vortex matching in pinning lattices fabricated by focused or masked helium ion beam irradiation of superconducting YBaCuO thin films

Bernd Aichner, Kristijan L. Mletschnig, Benedikt Müller +6

The angular dependence of magnetic-field commensurability effects in thin films of the cuprate high-critical-temperature superconductor YBaCuO (YBCO) with an ar…

cond-mat.supr-con2019★ 27 cited

Ultradense Tailored Vortex Pinning Arrays in Superconducting YBaCuO Thin Films Created by Focused He Ion Beam Irradiation for Fluxonics Applications

Bernd Aichner, Benedikt Müller, Max Karrer +9

Magnetic fields penetrate a type-II superconductor as magnetic flux quanta, called vortices. In a clean superconductor they arrange in a hexagonal lattice, while by adding periodic…

cond-mat.supr-con2019★ 71 cited

Josephson junctions and SQUIDs created by focused helium ion beam irradiation of YBaCuO

B. Müller, M. Karrer, F. Limberger +6

By scanning with a focused He ion beam (He-FIB) across YBaCuO (YBCO) thin film microbridges, we create Josephson barriers with critical current dens…