Hybrid and High-Tc Josephson junctions: opportunity for quantum hardware and science advance

Date

Dec 6, 2022

Time

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Speaker

Prof. Francesco Tafuri

Affiliation

Università di Napoli Federico II

Language

en

Main Topic

Materialien

Host

Martina Javorka

Description

Superconducting systems are a natural and versatile platform for a variety of applications including quantum technologies, and are of undoubtful inspiration also for the development of novel notions in solid state physics. Josephson junctions (JJs) are key structures, because of their unique properties, of their potential to manipulate the macroscopic wave function of a condensate and of their extreme flexibility as circuit elements. Progress in material science and nanofabrication gives opportunities to create unique hybrid JJs which can be smartly integrated in complex architectures, paving the way to novel effects and novel avenues for quantum control and detection. We will review some aspects of the frontiers of the Josephson effect discussing examples of unique solutions to cutting edge problems in condensed matter physics as well as to very advanced applications, including in the emerging field of quantum computing. An integrated quantum device can be better than the sum of its ingredients. We will report on special properties of hybrid JJs on how to engineer the macroscopic phase in quantum circuits, including high critical temperature superconductors, which make possible alternative layouts for the superconducting modules inside a more general architecture also through a comparative study of fluctuations and of electro-dynamical properties. These methods can be successfully applied to the emergent van der Waals heterostructures and twistronics structures. The diversity in Josephson junctions opens ‘horizons’.

Links

• Seminars at the IFW

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