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Computational Simulations of Fabrication of Aluminum-Based Josephson Junctions: Topological Aspects of the Barrier Structure
Although the performance of qubits has been improved in recent years, the differences in the microscopic atomic structure of the Josephson junctions, the core devices prepared under different preparation conditions, are still underexplored. In this paper, the effects of the oxygen temperature and up...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9954898/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36832550 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e25020182 |
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author | Han, Chuanbing Sun, Huihui Liu, Fudong Zhao, Xiangju Shan, Zheng |
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description | Although the performance of qubits has been improved in recent years, the differences in the microscopic atomic structure of the Josephson junctions, the core devices prepared under different preparation conditions, are still underexplored. In this paper, the effects of the oxygen temperature and upper aluminum deposition rate on the topology of the barrier layer in the aluminum-based Josephson junctions have been presented by classical molecular dynamics simulations. We apply a Voronoi tessellation method to characterize the topology of the interface and central regions of the barrier layers. We find that when the oxygen temperature is 573 K and the upper aluminum deposition rate is 4 Å/ps, the barrier has the fewest atomic voids and the most closely arranged atoms. However, if only the atomic arrangement of the central region is considered, the optimal rate of the aluminum deposition is 8 Å/ps. This work provides microscopic guidance for the experimental preparation of Josephson junctions, which helps to improve the performance of qubits and accelerate the practical application of quantum computers. |
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spelling | pubmed-99548982023-02-25 Computational Simulations of Fabrication of Aluminum-Based Josephson Junctions: Topological Aspects of the Barrier Structure Han, Chuanbing Sun, Huihui Liu, Fudong Zhao, Xiangju Shan, Zheng Entropy (Basel) Article Although the performance of qubits has been improved in recent years, the differences in the microscopic atomic structure of the Josephson junctions, the core devices prepared under different preparation conditions, are still underexplored. In this paper, the effects of the oxygen temperature and upper aluminum deposition rate on the topology of the barrier layer in the aluminum-based Josephson junctions have been presented by classical molecular dynamics simulations. We apply a Voronoi tessellation method to characterize the topology of the interface and central regions of the barrier layers. We find that when the oxygen temperature is 573 K and the upper aluminum deposition rate is 4 Å/ps, the barrier has the fewest atomic voids and the most closely arranged atoms. However, if only the atomic arrangement of the central region is considered, the optimal rate of the aluminum deposition is 8 Å/ps. This work provides microscopic guidance for the experimental preparation of Josephson junctions, which helps to improve the performance of qubits and accelerate the practical application of quantum computers. MDPI 2023-01-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9954898/ /pubmed/36832550 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e25020182 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Han, Chuanbing Sun, Huihui Liu, Fudong Zhao, Xiangju Shan, Zheng Computational Simulations of Fabrication of Aluminum-Based Josephson Junctions: Topological Aspects of the Barrier Structure |
title | Computational Simulations of Fabrication of Aluminum-Based Josephson Junctions: Topological Aspects of the Barrier Structure |
title_full | Computational Simulations of Fabrication of Aluminum-Based Josephson Junctions: Topological Aspects of the Barrier Structure |
title_fullStr | Computational Simulations of Fabrication of Aluminum-Based Josephson Junctions: Topological Aspects of the Barrier Structure |
title_full_unstemmed | Computational Simulations of Fabrication of Aluminum-Based Josephson Junctions: Topological Aspects of the Barrier Structure |
title_short | Computational Simulations of Fabrication of Aluminum-Based Josephson Junctions: Topological Aspects of the Barrier Structure |
title_sort | computational simulations of fabrication of aluminum-based josephson junctions: topological aspects of the barrier structure |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9954898/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36832550 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e25020182 |
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