Quantized critical supercurrent in SrTiO 3 -based quantum point contacts

Superconductivity in SrTiO occurs at remarkably low carrier densities and therefore, unlike conventional superconductors, can be controlled by electrostatic gates. Here, we demonstrate nanoscale weak links connecting superconducting leads, all within a single material, SrTiO . Ionic liquid gating ac...

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Published inScience advances Vol. 7; no. 40; p. eabi6520
Main Authors Mikheev, Evgeny, Rosen, Ilan T, Goldhaber-Gordon, David
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.10.2021
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Summary:Superconductivity in SrTiO occurs at remarkably low carrier densities and therefore, unlike conventional superconductors, can be controlled by electrostatic gates. Here, we demonstrate nanoscale weak links connecting superconducting leads, all within a single material, SrTiO . Ionic liquid gating accumulates carriers in the leads, and local electrostatic gates are tuned to open the weak link. These devices behave as superconducting quantum point contacts with a quantized critical supercurrent. This is a milestone toward establishing SrTiO as a single-material platform for mesoscopic superconducting transport experiments that also intrinsically contains the necessary ingredients to engineer topological superconductivity.
ISSN:2375-2548
2375-2548
DOI:10.1126/sciadv.abi6520