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Nb/Al-oxide/Nb Tunnel Junctions for Josephson Integrated Circuits
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Materials ScienceSemiconductor TechnologyElectrical EngineeringJosephson JunctionsElectronic DevicesNew Fabrication ProcessEngineeringTunneling MicroscopyApplied PhysicsTunnel JunctionsSemiconductor Device FabricationIntegrated CircuitsMicroelectronicsJunction SizeJosephson Integrated CircuitsInterconnect (Integrated Circuits)Semiconductor Device
A new fabrication process of small Nb/Al-oxide/Nb tunnel junctions for integrated circuits is presented. Prior to making tunnel junctions of Nb/Al-oxide/Nb sandwich structure with a full wafer size, an Nb electrode layer was prepared on the wafer, whose patterns were duplicated from each junction base electrode pattern. This additional underlayer of Nb plays an important role in improving I–V characteristics, especially in the small size Nb/Al-oxide/Nb junctions. A reactive ion etching process was employed to define each junction size precisely. Using the present process, Vm=40 mV and Rsg/Rnn=26 with a critical current density of 1000A/cm 2 have been achieved in an one-hundred 2.5 µm square junction array.