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The YBa2Cu3O7–δ (YBCO) step-edge Josephson junction on MgO substrate has recently been shown to have important applications in making advanced high-transition temperature (high-TC) superconducting devices such as high-sensitivity superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID), superconducting quantum interference filter, and THz detector. In this paper, we investigate the fabrication and transport properties of YBCO step-edge junction on MgO substrate. By optimizing the two-stage ion beam etching process, steps on MgO (100) substrates are prepared with an edge angle θ of about 34°. The YBCO step-edge junctions are then fabricated by growing the YBCO thin films with a pulsed laser deposition technique and subsequent traditional photolithography. The resistive transition of the junction shows typical foot structure which is well described by the Ambegaokar-Halperin theory of thermally-activated phase slippage for overdamped Josephson junctions. The voltage-current curves with temperature dropping down to 77 K exhibit resistively shunted junction behavior, and the Josephson critical current density JC is shown to follow the
$(T_{\rm C}-T)^2$ dependence. At 77 K, the JC of the junction reaches 1.4 × 105 A/cm2, significantly higher than the range of 103–104 A/cm2 as presented by other investigators for YBCO step-edge junctions on MgO substrate with comparable θ of 35°–45°. This indicates a rather strong Josephson coupling of the junction, and by invoking the results of YBCO bicrystal junctions showing similar values of JC, it is tentatively proposed that the presently fabricated junction might be described as an S-s′-S junction with s′ denoting the superconducting region of depressed TC in the vicinity of the step edge or as an S-N-S junction with N denoting a very thin non-superconducting layer. By incorporating the MgO-based YBCO step-edge junction, high-TC radio frequency (RF) SQUID is made. The device shows decent voltage-flux curve and magnetic flux sensitivity of 250$ \text{μ}\Phi_0/{\rm Hz}^{1/2} $ at 1 kHz and 77 K, comparable to the values reported in the literature. To further improve the RF SQUID performance, efforts could be devoted to optimizing the junction parameters such as the junction JC. By using the YBCO step-edge junction on MgO substrate, high-TC direct current SQUID could also be developed, as reported recently by other investigators, to demonstrate the potential of MgO-based step-edge junction in making such a kind of device with superior magnetic flux sensitivity.[1] Clarke J, Braginski A I 2004 The SQUID Handbook (Vol. 1) (Weinheim: Wiley-VCH) pp1−395
[2] 韩昊轩, 张国峰, 张雪, 梁恬恬, 应利良, 王永良, 彭炜, 王镇 2019 物理学报 68 138501Google Scholar
Han H X, Zhang G F, Zhang X, Liang T T, Ying L L, Wang Y L, Peng W, Wang Z 2019 Acta Phys. Sin. 68 138501Google Scholar
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Cao W H, Li J J, Zhong Q, Guo X W, He Q, Chi Z T 2012 Acta Phys. Sin. 61 170304Google Scholar
[6] Du J, Smart K, Li L, Leslie K E, Hanham S M, Wang D H C, Foley C P, Ji F, Li X D, Zeng D Z 2015 Supercond. Sci. Technol. 28 084001Google Scholar
[7] Pfeiffer C, Ruffieux S, Jönsson L, Chukharkin M L, Kalaboukhov A, Xie M S, Winkler D, Schneiderman J F 2020 IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 67 1483Google Scholar
[8] Hilgenkamp H, Mannhart J 2002 Rev. Mod. Phys. 74 485Google Scholar
[9] Hua T, Yu M, Geng H F, Xu W W, Lu Y P, Shi J X, Shen W K, Wu J B, Wang H B, Chen J, Wu P H 2018 Supercond. Sci. Technol. 31 085009Google Scholar
[10] Kleiner R, Wang H B 2019 J. Appl. Phys. 126 171101Google Scholar
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[12] 郑鹏, 刘政豪, 魏玉科, 张辰, 张炎, 王越, 马平 2014 物理学报 63 198501Google Scholar
Zheng P, Liu Z H, Wei Y K, Zhang C, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Ma P 2014 Acta Phys. Sin. 63 198501Google Scholar
[13] Chambers S A 2000 Surf. Sci. Rep. 39 105Google Scholar
[14] Tanaka S, Kado H, Matsuura T, Itozaki H 1993 IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 3 2365Google Scholar
[15] Foley C P, Mitchell E E, Lam S K H, Sankrithyan B, Wilson Y M, Tilbrook D L, Morris S J 1999 IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 9 4281Google Scholar
[16] Mitchell E E, Foley C P 2010 Supercond. Sci. Technol. 23 065007Google Scholar
[17] Du J, Hellicar A D, Li L, Hanham S M, Macfarlane J C, Leslie K E, Nikolic N, Foley C P, Greene K J 2009 Supercond. Sci. Technol. 22 114001Google Scholar
[18] Kaczmarek L L, Ijsselsteijn R, Zakosarenko V, Chwala A, Meyer H G, Meyer M, Stolz R 2018 IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 28 1601805Google Scholar
[19] Faley M I, Poppe U, Dunin-Borkowski R E, Schiek M, Boers F, Chocholacs H, Dammers J, Eich E, Shah N J, Ermakov A B, Slobodchikov V Y, Maslennikov Y V, Koshelets V P 2013 IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 23 1600705Google Scholar
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[21] 高吉, 杨涛, 马平, 戴远东 2010 物理学报 59 5044Google Scholar
Gao J, Yang T, Ma P, Dai Y D 2010 Acta Phys. Sin. 59 5044Google Scholar
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[23] Ando Y, Segawa K 2002 Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 167005Google Scholar
[24] Faley M I, Slobodchikov V Y, Maslennikov Y V, Koshelets V P, Dunin-Borkowski R E 2016 IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 26 1600404Google Scholar
[25] Mitsuzuka T, Yamaguchi K, Yoshikawa S, Hayashi K, Konishi M, Enomoto Y 1993 Physica C 218 229Google Scholar
[26] Foley C P, Lam S, Sankrithyan B, Wilson Y, Macfarlane J C, Hao L 1997 IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 7 3185Google Scholar
[27] Yamaguchi K, Yoshikawa S, Takenaka T, Fujino S, Hayashi K, Mitsuzuka T, Suzuki K, Enomoto Y 1994 IEICE Trans. Electron. E77-C 1218
[28] Gross R, Chaudhari P, Dimos D, Gupta A, Koren G 1990 Phys. Rev. Lett. 64 228Google Scholar
[29] 张骏, 张辰, 张焱, 马平, 王越 2015 低温物理学报 37 423Google Scholar
Zhang J, Zhang C, Zhang Y, Ma P, Wang Y 2015 Chin. J. Low Temp. Phys. 37 423Google Scholar
[30] Ambegaokar V, Halperin B I 1969 Phys. Rev. Lett. 22 1364Google Scholar
[31] Barone A, Paterno G 1982 Physics and Applications of the Josephson Effect (New York: Wiley) pp121−197
[32] Dimos D, Chaudhari P, Mannhart J 1990 Phys. Rev. B 41 4038Google Scholar
[33] Siegel M, Herrmann K, Copetti C, Jia C L, Kabius B, Schubert J, Zander W, Braginski A I, Seidel P 1993 IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 3 2369Google Scholar
[34] Herrmann K, Kunkel G, Siegel M, Schubert J, Zander W, Braginski A I, Jia C L, Kabius B, Urban K 1995 J. Appl. Phys. 78 1131Google Scholar
[35] Redwing R D, Hinaus B M, Rzchowski M S, Heinig N F, Davidson B A, Nordman J E 1999 Appl. Phys. Lett. 75 3171Google Scholar
[36] Steel D G, Hettinger J D, Yuan F, Miller D J, Gray K E, Kang J H, Talvacchio J 1996 Appl. Phys. Lett. 68 120Google Scholar
[37] Kupriyanov M Yu, Likharev K K 1991 IEEE Trans. Magn. 27 2460Google Scholar
[38] Du J 2003 IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 13 865Google Scholar
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图 2 MgO衬底上台阶的两步法离子束刻蚀制备 (a)第一步刻蚀示意图; (b)第二步刻蚀示意图; (c)第一步刻蚀后测得的台阶轮廓图; (d)第二步刻蚀后测得的台阶轮廓图
Figure 2. Fabrication of step on MgO substrate by using two-stage ion beam etching: (a) Schematic of the first ion beam etching; (b) schematic of the second ion beam etching; (c) step profile after the first etching measured by a stylus profiler; (d) step profile after the second ion beam etching.
图 3 台阶的SEM形貌图 (a)台阶断面图; (b)台阶斜视图; (c)刻蚀区域与台阶相对的另外一边衬底的断面图; (d)刻蚀区域与台阶相对的另外一边衬底的斜视图
Figure 3. SEM images of the step: (a) Cross section of the step; (b) oblique view of the step; (c) cross section of the substrate at the other side (opposite to the step) of the defined etching area; (d) oblique view of the substrate at the other side of the defined etching area.
图 5 (a) YBCO台阶结的V-I特性曲线; (b)台阶结的JC随温度的变化, 红线代表S-N-S型约瑟夫森结的理论拟合, 内插图为ICRn随温度的变化, 其中菱形所代表的数据取自文献[17]
Figure 5. (a) V-I curves of the YBCO step-edge junction on MgO substrate; (b) temperature dependence of JC, with the red line being a fit to the
$ {\left(1-T/{T}_{\rm{C}}\right)}^{2} $ dependence according to the theory of S-N-S Josephson junction. The inset shows ICRn, with data points in diamond taken from the Ref. [17]. -
[1] Clarke J, Braginski A I 2004 The SQUID Handbook (Vol. 1) (Weinheim: Wiley-VCH) pp1−395
[2] 韩昊轩, 张国峰, 张雪, 梁恬恬, 应利良, 王永良, 彭炜, 王镇 2019 物理学报 68 138501Google Scholar
Han H X, Zhang G F, Zhang X, Liang T T, Ying L L, Wang Y L, Peng W, Wang Z 2019 Acta Phys. Sin. 68 138501Google Scholar
[3] Song C, Xu K, Li H K, Zhang Y R, Zhang X, Liu W X, Guo Q J, Wang Z, Ren W H, Hao J, Feng H, Fan H, Zheng D N, Wang D W, Wang H, Zhu S Y 2019 Science 365 574Google Scholar
[4] Xu K, Sun Z H, Liu W X, Zhang Y R, Li H K, Dong H, Ren W H, Zhang P F, Nori F, Zheng D N, Fan H, Wang H 2020 Sci. Adv. 6 eaba4935Google Scholar
[5] 曹文会, 李劲劲, 钟青, 郭小玮, 贺青, 迟宗涛 2012 物理学报 61 170304Google Scholar
Cao W H, Li J J, Zhong Q, Guo X W, He Q, Chi Z T 2012 Acta Phys. Sin. 61 170304Google Scholar
[6] Du J, Smart K, Li L, Leslie K E, Hanham S M, Wang D H C, Foley C P, Ji F, Li X D, Zeng D Z 2015 Supercond. Sci. Technol. 28 084001Google Scholar
[7] Pfeiffer C, Ruffieux S, Jönsson L, Chukharkin M L, Kalaboukhov A, Xie M S, Winkler D, Schneiderman J F 2020 IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. 67 1483Google Scholar
[8] Hilgenkamp H, Mannhart J 2002 Rev. Mod. Phys. 74 485Google Scholar
[9] Hua T, Yu M, Geng H F, Xu W W, Lu Y P, Shi J X, Shen W K, Wu J B, Wang H B, Chen J, Wu P H 2018 Supercond. Sci. Technol. 31 085009Google Scholar
[10] Kleiner R, Wang H B 2019 J. Appl. Phys. 126 171101Google Scholar
[11] Liu Z H, Wei Y K, Wang D, Zhang C, Ma P, Wang Y 2014 Chin. Phys. B 23 097401Google Scholar
[12] 郑鹏, 刘政豪, 魏玉科, 张辰, 张炎, 王越, 马平 2014 物理学报 63 198501Google Scholar
Zheng P, Liu Z H, Wei Y K, Zhang C, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Ma P 2014 Acta Phys. Sin. 63 198501Google Scholar
[13] Chambers S A 2000 Surf. Sci. Rep. 39 105Google Scholar
[14] Tanaka S, Kado H, Matsuura T, Itozaki H 1993 IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 3 2365Google Scholar
[15] Foley C P, Mitchell E E, Lam S K H, Sankrithyan B, Wilson Y M, Tilbrook D L, Morris S J 1999 IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 9 4281Google Scholar
[16] Mitchell E E, Foley C P 2010 Supercond. Sci. Technol. 23 065007Google Scholar
[17] Du J, Hellicar A D, Li L, Hanham S M, Macfarlane J C, Leslie K E, Nikolic N, Foley C P, Greene K J 2009 Supercond. Sci. Technol. 22 114001Google Scholar
[18] Kaczmarek L L, Ijsselsteijn R, Zakosarenko V, Chwala A, Meyer H G, Meyer M, Stolz R 2018 IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 28 1601805Google Scholar
[19] Faley M I, Poppe U, Dunin-Borkowski R E, Schiek M, Boers F, Chocholacs H, Dammers J, Eich E, Shah N J, Ermakov A B, Slobodchikov V Y, Maslennikov Y V, Koshelets V P 2013 IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 23 1600705Google Scholar
[20] Wang H Z, Li Y L, Wang Y, Gan Z Z 2020 Physica C 569 1353587Google Scholar
[21] 高吉, 杨涛, 马平, 戴远东 2010 物理学报 59 5044Google Scholar
Gao J, Yang T, Ma P, Dai Y D 2010 Acta Phys. Sin. 59 5044Google Scholar
[22] Proyer S, Stangl E, Borz M, Hellebrand B, Bäuerle D 1996 Physica C 257 1Google Scholar
[23] Ando Y, Segawa K 2002 Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 167005Google Scholar
[24] Faley M I, Slobodchikov V Y, Maslennikov Y V, Koshelets V P, Dunin-Borkowski R E 2016 IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 26 1600404Google Scholar
[25] Mitsuzuka T, Yamaguchi K, Yoshikawa S, Hayashi K, Konishi M, Enomoto Y 1993 Physica C 218 229Google Scholar
[26] Foley C P, Lam S, Sankrithyan B, Wilson Y, Macfarlane J C, Hao L 1997 IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 7 3185Google Scholar
[27] Yamaguchi K, Yoshikawa S, Takenaka T, Fujino S, Hayashi K, Mitsuzuka T, Suzuki K, Enomoto Y 1994 IEICE Trans. Electron. E77-C 1218
[28] Gross R, Chaudhari P, Dimos D, Gupta A, Koren G 1990 Phys. Rev. Lett. 64 228Google Scholar
[29] 张骏, 张辰, 张焱, 马平, 王越 2015 低温物理学报 37 423Google Scholar
Zhang J, Zhang C, Zhang Y, Ma P, Wang Y 2015 Chin. J. Low Temp. Phys. 37 423Google Scholar
[30] Ambegaokar V, Halperin B I 1969 Phys. Rev. Lett. 22 1364Google Scholar
[31] Barone A, Paterno G 1982 Physics and Applications of the Josephson Effect (New York: Wiley) pp121−197
[32] Dimos D, Chaudhari P, Mannhart J 1990 Phys. Rev. B 41 4038Google Scholar
[33] Siegel M, Herrmann K, Copetti C, Jia C L, Kabius B, Schubert J, Zander W, Braginski A I, Seidel P 1993 IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 3 2369Google Scholar
[34] Herrmann K, Kunkel G, Siegel M, Schubert J, Zander W, Braginski A I, Jia C L, Kabius B, Urban K 1995 J. Appl. Phys. 78 1131Google Scholar
[35] Redwing R D, Hinaus B M, Rzchowski M S, Heinig N F, Davidson B A, Nordman J E 1999 Appl. Phys. Lett. 75 3171Google Scholar
[36] Steel D G, Hettinger J D, Yuan F, Miller D J, Gray K E, Kang J H, Talvacchio J 1996 Appl. Phys. Lett. 68 120Google Scholar
[37] Kupriyanov M Yu, Likharev K K 1991 IEEE Trans. Magn. 27 2460Google Scholar
[38] Du J 2003 IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 13 865Google Scholar
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