Inductive Superconducting Quantum Interference Proximity Transistor: The L-SQUIPT

Federico Paolucci; Paolo Solinas; Francesco Giazotto

doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.18.054042

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Inductive Superconducting Quantum Interference Proximity Transistor: The L-SQUIPT

Federico Paolucci, Paolo Solinas, Francesco Giazotto

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.18.054042 · Physical Review Applied

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Abstract

The design for an inductive superconducting quantum interference proximity transistor with enhanced performance, the L-SQUIPT, is presented and analyzed. The interferometer is based on a double-loop structure, where each ring comprises a superconductor–normal-metal–superconductor mesoscopic Josephson weak link and the readout electrode is implemented in the form of a superconducting tunnel probe. Our design allows us to both improve the coupling of the transistor to the external magnetic field and increase the characteristic magnetic flux transfer functions, thereby leading to an improved ultrasensitive quantum limited magnetometer. The L-SQUIPT behavior is analyzed in both the dissipative and the dissipationless Josephson-like operation modes, in the latter case by exploiting both an inductive and a dispersive readout scheme. The improved performance makes the L-SQUIPT promising for magnetic flux detection as well as for specific applications in quantum technology, where a responsive dispersive magnetometry at millikelvin temperatures is required.