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PHYSICAL REVIEW APPLIED
卷 20, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.20.024031
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Niobium thin films on silicon substrate used in the fabrication of superconducting qubits have been characterized using various analytical techniques. The films exhibit a high superconducting quality, but show complex response to magnetic field and thermomagnetic instabilities. Possible mitigation strategies are discussed.
Niobium thin films on silicon substrate used in the fabrication of superconducting qubits have been characterized using scanning and transmission electron microscopy, electrical transport, magnetization, the London penetration depth - based quasiparticle spectroscopy, and real-space real-time magneto-optical imaging. We study niobium films to provide an example of a comprehensive analytical set that may benefit superconducting circuits such as those used in quantum computers. The films have a superconducting transition temperature of T-c = 9.35 K and a fairly clean superconducting gap. The estimated superfluid density is enhanced at intermediate temperatures. These observations are consistent with the recent theory of anisotropic strong-coupling superconductivity in Nb and indicate outstanding quality. However, the response to the magnetic field is complicated, exhibiting significantly irreversible behavior and insufficient heat dissipation (to a substrate), leading to thermomagnetic instabilities. This may present a challenge for further improvement of transmon quantum coherence. Possible mitigation strategies are discussed.
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