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The effects of ion gun beam voltage on the electrical characteristics of NbCN/PbBi edge junctionsThe authors have succeeded in fabricating high-quality submicron NbCN edge junctions using a technique which is commonly used to make Nb edge junctions. A modified commercial ion gun was used to cut an edge in SiO2/NbCN films partially covered with photoresist. An insulating barrier was then formed on the exposed edge by reactive ion beam oxidation, and a counterelectrode of PbBi was deposited. The electrical quality of the resulting junctions was found to be strongly influenced by the ion beam acceleration voltages used to cut the edge and to oxidize it. For low ion beam voltages, the junction quality parameter was as high as Vm = 55 mV (measured at 3 mV), but higher ion beam voltages yielded strikingly poorer quality junctions. In light of the small coherence length of NbN, the dependence of the electrical characteristics on ion beam voltage is presumably due to mechanical damage of the NbCN surface. In contrast, for similar ion beam voltages, no such dependence was found for Nb edge junctions.
Document ID
19890049719
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Lichtenberger, A. W.
(Virginia Univ. Charlottesville, VA, United States)
Feldman, M. J.
(Virginia Univ. Charlottesville, VA, United States)
Mattauch, R. J.
(Virginia, University Charlottesville, United States)
Cukauskas, E. J.
(U.S. Navy, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
March 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
Volume: 25
ISSN: 0018-9464
Subject Category
Electronics And Electrical Engineering
Accession Number
89A37090
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: AF-AFOSR-86-0056
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-26466
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Public
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