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most citedHysteresis in superconducting short weak links and -SQUIDs

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24 papers

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 9 cited

Blocking transition of interface traps in MoS-on-SiO FETs

Santu Prasad Jana, Suraina Gupta, Anjan K. Gupta

Electrical conductivity with gate-sweep in a few layer MoS-on-SiO field-effect-transistor shows an abrupt reduction in hysteresis when cooled. The hysteresis and time depen…

cond-mat.supr-con2022

A thermal model with AC Josephson effect for a shunted superconducting weak-link

Sourav Biswas, Anjan Kumar Gupta

Superconducting weak-link (WL), behaving like a Josephson junction (JJ), is fundamental to many superconducting devices such as nanoSQUIDs, single-photon detectors, and bolometers.…

physics.ed-ph2022★ 1 cited

Acoustic analog to multiple avoided-crossings in two coupled acoustic cavities

Arjit Kant Gupta, Anjan K. Gupta

A cylindrical pipe with closed ends and with a partition in-between exhibits acoustic modes in the two, thus formed, one-dimensional cavities at certain frequencies. A partial tran…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 5 cited

Magnetization Reversal Across Multiple Serial Barriers in a Single FeO Nanoparticle

Sagar Paul, Ganesh Kotagiri, Rini Ganguly +4

Depinning of nanoscale magnetic textures, such as domain walls, vortices and skyrmions, is of paramount importance for magnetic storage and information processing. We measure time-…

cond-mat.supr-con2020★ 8 cited

Stochastic resonance in thermally bistable Josephson weak-links and micro-SQUIDs

Sagar Paul, Ganesh Kotagiri, Rini Ganguly +3

Constriction-based Josephson weak-links display a thermal bi-stability between two states exhibiting zero and finite voltages. This manifests in experiments either as hysteresis in…

cond-mat.supr-con2018

Elimination of thermal bistability in superconducting weak links by an inductive shunt

Sourav Biswas, Clemens B. Winkelmann, Hervé Courtois +3

The quantum phase-coherent behavior of superconducting weak links (WL) is often quenched in the finite voltage state, due to the heat dissipation and related thermal hysteresis. Th…

cond-mat.supr-con2017★ 15 cited

Josephson Coupling in the Dissipative State of a Thermally Hysteretic -SQUID

Sourav Biswas, Clemens B. Winkelmann, Hervé Courtois +1

Micron-sized superconducting interference devices (-SQUIDs) based on constrictions optimized for minimizing thermal runaway are shown to exhibit voltage oscillations with applie…

cond-mat.mes-hall2017★ 3 cited

STM/S study of electronic inhomogeneity evolution with gate voltage in graphene: role of screening and charge-state of interface defects

Anil Kumar Singh, Anjan Kumar Gupta

Evolution of electronic inhomogeneities with back-gate voltage in graphene on SiO was studied using room temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy. The reversa…

cond-mat.mes-hall2017

Reversible control of interface-water induced carrier density in graphene-on-SiO by thermal cycling under gate-voltage

Anil Kumar Singh, Anjan Kumar Gupta

A reversible handle on graphene carrier density, other than the gate electric field, is desirable for memory applications of graphene. Our experiments show that the commonly observ…

cond-mat.mes-hall2016★ 2 cited

Inhomogeneous screening of gate electric field by interface states in graphene FETs

Anil Kumar Singh, Anjan K. Gupta

The electronic states at graphene-SiO interface and their inhomogeneity was investigated using the back-gate-voltage dependence of local tunnel spectra acquired with a scanning…

cond-mat.supr-con2016★ 6 cited

Micron size superconducting quantum interference devices of lead (Pb)

Sagar Paul, Sourav Biswas, Anjan K. Gupta

Micron size superconducting quantum interference devices (-SQUID) of lead (Pb), for probing nano-magnetism, were fabricated and characterized. In order to get continuous Pb film…

cond-mat.supr-con2015★ 15 cited

Controlling hysteresis in superconducting constrictions with a resistive shunt

Nikhil Kumar, C. B. Winkelmann, Sourav Biswas +2

We demonstrate control of the thermal hysteresis in superconducting constrictions by adding a resistive shunt. In order to prevent thermal relaxation oscillations, the shunt resist…

cond-mat.str-el2015★ 2 cited

Weakening of the spin density wave gap at low temperatures in SrFeAs single crystals

Anirban Dutta, Neeraj Kumar, A. Thamizhavel +1

We report on temperature dependent scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy studies of undoped SrFeAs single crystals from 6 K to 292 K. Resistivity data show spi…

cond-mat.supr-con2014★ 29 cited

Reversibility of Superconducting Nb Weak Links Driven by the Proximity Effect in a Quantum Interference Device

Nikhil Kumar, T. Fournier, H. Courtois +2

We demonstrate the role of proximity effect in the thermal hysteresis of superconducting constrictions. From the analysis of successive thermal instabilities in the transport chara…

cond-mat.str-el2014★ 31 cited

Evidence for topological surface states in metallic single crystals of Bi2Te3

Sourabh Barua, K. P. Rajeev, Anjan K. Gupta

Bi2Te3 is a member of a new class of materials known as topological insulators which are supposed to be insulating in the bulk and conducting on the surface. However experimental v…

cond-mat.supr-con2014★ 7 cited

Temperature and phase dynamics in superconducting weak-link

Anjan K. Gupta, Nikhil Kumar, Sourav Biswas

A time dependent thermal model for a superconducting constriction based weak-link (WL) is discussed for investigating the deterministic dynamics of its temperature and phase. A new…

cond-mat.str-el2014★ 2 cited

Electronic inhomogeneities in the superconducting phase of CaFe1.96Ni0.04As2 single crystals

Anirban Dutta, Neeraj Kumar, A. Thamizhavel +1

Superconductivity in Iron-Arsenic based pnictides emerges in close proximity to an antiferromagnetic (AFM)ordered parent state and the AFM phase overlaps with superconducting (SC)…

cond-mat.supr-con2010★ 50 cited

Hysteresis in superconducting short weak links and -SQUIDs

Dibyendu Hazra, Lætitia Pascal, Hervé Courtois +1

Thermal hysteresis in a micron-size Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (-SQUID), with weak links as Josephson junctions, is an obstacle for improving its performance fo…

cond-mat.mes-hall2010★ 8 cited

Tip induced doping effects in local tunnel spectra of graphene

Shyam K. Choudhury, Anjan K. Gupta

We report on tip induced doping in local tunnel spectra of single layer graphene (SLG) with tunable back-gate using room temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy…

cond-mat.mes-hall2010★ 1 cited

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy study of charge inhomogeneities in bilayer Graphene

Shyam K. Choudhary, Anjan K. Gupta

We report room temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy study of bilayer graphene prepared by mechanical exfoliation on SiO/Si surface and electrically contac…

cond-mat.str-el2009★ 3 cited

Evidence of mobile carriers with Charge Ordering gap in Epitaxial PrCaMnO Thin Films

Udai Raj Singh, S. Chaudhuri, Anirban Dutta +2

Epitaxial thin films of charge-ordered PrCaMnO have been studied using variable temperature Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy (STM/STS). The…

cond-mat.str-el2008

Polaronic Pseudogap in the Metallic Phase of LaCaMnO Thin Films

Udai Raj Singh, S. Chaudhuri, R. C. Budhani +1

The electronic density of states (DOS) of LaCaMnO(LCMO) strain free epitaxial thin films with an insulator-metal transition temperature (T) of 250 K…

cond-mat.str-el2007★ 16 cited

Tunneling Study of the Charge-Ordering Gap on the Surface of LaPrCaMnO Thin Films

Udai Raj Singh, S. Chaudhuri, Shyam K. Choudhary +2

Variable temperature scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy studies on (110) oriented epitaxial thin films of LaPrCaMnO are reported in the te…

cond-mat.supr-con2002★ 9 cited

Non-conservation of Density of States in BiSrCaCuO: Coexistence of Pseudogap and Superconducting gap

Anjan K. Gupta, K. -W. Ng

The tunneling spectra obtained within the ab-plane of BiSrCaCuO (Bi2212) for temperatures below and above the critical temperature (T) are analyzed. We find tha…