Voltage Fluctuation of a Nb/Al-Al$O_{x}$/Nb Tunnel Junction Observed at the Gap Voltage

갭전압에서 나타난 Nb/Al-Al$O_{x}$/Nb 터널 접합의 전압 요동 현상

  • Published : 2002.02.01

Abstract

Samples of Nb/Al-Al$O_{x}$/Nb tunnel junction with the size of 50$\mu$m $\times$ 50$\mu$m were fabricated by employing self-aligning and reactive ion etching technique. In the samples with high-quality, $V_{m}$ value (the product of the critical current and subgap resistance measured at 2 mV) was 34 mV at the critical current density $J_{c}$ = 500 A/$cm^{2}$ and $V_{g}$ value (the gap voltage) was 2.8 mV. In the higher $J_{c}$, voltage fluctuation in the current rising at the gap voltage was observed. The $V_{m}$ and $J_{c}$ value were 8 mV and 900 A/$cm^{2}$, respectively.

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