A Simple and Robust Niobium Josephson Junction Integrated Circuit Process

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 3125-3128

  Ruby, R C ^b   Ko, H ^b  

^a Conductus Inc ^*  (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NIOBIUM AND ALLOYS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION IC;

SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

EID: 0026121893     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.133873     Document Type: Article

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