Abstract
The Josephson junction (JJ) is the corner stone of superconducting electronics and quantum information processing. While the technology for fabricating low Tc JJ is mature and delivers quantum circuits able to reach the “quantum supremacy”, the fabrication of reproducible and low-noise high-Tc JJ is still a challenge to be taken up. Here we report on noise properties at RF frequencies of recently introduced high-Tc Josephson nano-junctions fabricated by mean of a Helium ion beam focused at sub-nanometer scale on a YBa2Cu3O7 thin film. We show that their current-voltage characteristics follow the standard Resistively-Shunted-Junction (RSJ) circuit model, and that their characteristic frequency fc = (2e/h)IcRn reaches ~300 GHz at low temperature. Using the “detector response” method, we evidence that the Josephson oscillation linewidth is only limited by the thermal noise in the RSJ model for temperature ranging from T ~ 20 K to 75 K. At lower temperature and for the highest He irradiation dose, the shot noise contribution must also be taken into account when approaching the tunneling regime. We conclude that these Josephson nano-junctions present the lowest noise level possible, which makes them very promising for future applications in the microwave and terahertz regimes.
Highlights
The Josephson junction (JJ) is the corner stone of superconducting electronics and quantum information processing
While mainly DC properties of High-Tc superconductors (HTS) Josephson Junction (JJ) made by this technique have been reported to date, the present work aims at exploring their dynamic behavior, by studying the Josephson oscillation linewidth in the tens of GHz frequency range
The RF illumination is performed via a broadband spiral antenna placed 1 cm above the chip, and connected to a generator in a Continuous Wave (CW) mode at frequency f
Summary
The Josephson junction (JJ) is the corner stone of superconducting electronics and quantum information processing. We report on noise properties at RF frequencies of recently introduced high-Tc Josephson nano-junctions fabricated by mean of a Helium ion beam focused at sub-nanometer scale on a YBa2Cu3O7 thin film. While mainly DC properties of HTS JJ made by this technique have been reported to date, the present work aims at exploring their dynamic behavior, by studying the Josephson oscillation linewidth in the tens of GHz frequency range This characterization, which gives access to the intrinsic noise of the JJ, is essential for high frequency applications of JJ such as mixers and detectors[14,16,17] and to study unconventional superconductivity[31]. To assess the potential performances of HTS Josephson devices made with He FIB, we directly measured the Josephson linewidth up to 40 GHz
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