含氢氦锆膜的中子反射及弹性反冲探测表征

采用直流磁控溅射方法制备含氢氦的锆膜,利用中子反射和弹性反冲探测两种方法分别对样品中的氢、氦分布以及浓度进行表征,并探究了不同温度退火处理后H、He的变化.实验结果表明:中子反射与弹性反冲探测两种方法的表征结果具有很好的一致性,H、He在锆层中近似均匀分布,氦浓度与溅射的He/Ar比成正比. 300℃退火处理1 h后,样品中的H从Zr层向外迁移和释放,且这种现象随退火温度升高到500℃时更加明显.     

Intrinsic tunneling study of underdoped Bi2Sr2-xLaxCuO6+δ superconductors

We report on a tunneling study of underdoped submicron Bi₂Sr_2-xLa_xCuO_6+δ (La-Bi2201) intrinsic Josephson junctions (IJJs), whose self-heating is sufficiently suppressed. The tunneling spectra are measured from 4.2 K up to the pseudogap opening temperature of T^* = 260 K. The gap value found from the spectral peak position is about 35 meV and has a weak temperature dependence both below and above the superconducting transition temperature of T_c = 29 K. Since the superconducting gap should have a value of 10-15 meV, our results indicate that the pseudogap (～35 meV) plays an important role in the underdoped La-Bi2201 intrinsic tunneling spectroscopy down to the lowest temperature of 4.2 K. However, the contribution of the superconducting gap can be separated by normalizing the spectra to the one near and above T_c, which shows that the IJJs can be a useful tool for the study of the electronic properties of the La-Bi2201 cuprate superconductors.     

Tunneling spectra of underdoped Bi_2Sr_2Ca_(1-x)Y_xCu_2O_(8+δ) intrinsic Josephson junctions

<正>Mesa-structured submicron intrinsic Josephson junctions are successfully fabricated and well characterized on underdoped Bi_2Sr_2Ca_(1-x)Y_xCu-2O_(8+δ) single crystals with a T_c of 80 K.Tunneling spectra at the temperatures ranging from 4.2 K to 295 K are measured.A pulse technique is used to reduce sample heating for the measurement near pseudogap opening temperature T~*~280 K.Our experimental results show that the superconducting gap,the peak-dip separation,and the pseudogap opening temperature are all increased as compared with those from near optimally doped samples,which requires further theoretical analysis in the future.     

Flux qubit with a large loop size and tunable Josephson junctions

We present the design of a superconducting flux qubit with a large loop inductance. The large loop inductance is desirable for coupling between qubits. The loop is configured into a gradiometer form that could reduce the interference from environmental magnetic noise. A combined Josephson junction, i.e., a DC-SQUID is used to replace the small Josephson junction in the usual 3-JJ (Josephaon junction) flux qubit, leading to a tunable energy gap by using an independent external flux line. We perform numerical calculations to investigate the dependence of the energy gap on qubit parameters such as junction capacitance, critical current, loop inductance, and the ratio of junction energy between small and large junctions in the flux qubit. We suggest a range of values for the parameters.