2022/03/10 by Fabian Sigloch, Soraya Sangiao, Sigloch, Fabian +5
Engineering · Materials Science · #Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research #Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides #FOS: Physical sciences #Magnetic Field Sensors Techniques #Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2203.05278
openalex publication_date 2022/03/10 · openalex created_date 2022/04/03 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
NanoSQUIDs are quantum sensors that excel in detecting a small change in magnetic flux with high sensitivity and high spatial resolution. Here, we employ resist-free direct-write Ga+ Focused Ion Beam Induced Deposition (FIBID) techniques to grow W-C nanoSQUIDs, and we investigate their electrical response to changes in the magnetic flux. Remarkably, FIBID allows the fast (3~nm) growth of 700~nm× 300~nm Dayem-bridge nanoSQUIDs based on narrow nanowires (50~nm wide) that act as Josephson junctions. The observed transfer coefficient (output voltage to magnetic flux change) is very high (up to 1301~μV/Φ0), which correlates with the high resistivity of W-C in the normal state. We discuss here the potential of this approach to reduce the active area of the nanoSQUIDs to gain spatial resolution as well as their integration on cantilevers for scanning-SQUID applications.