Reliability and reproducibility of Josephson junction fabrication - Steps towards an optimized process
Examensarbete för masterexamen
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12380/302101
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Type: | Examensarbete för masterexamen |
Title: | Reliability and reproducibility of Josephson junction fabrication - Steps towards an optimized process |
Authors: | Osman, Amr |
Abstract: | We investigated the reliability and reproducibility of the fabrication process of Al/AlOx/Al Josephson junctions with varying sizes using the cross-type lithography technique. Room temperature resistance measurements on thousands of junctions showed a standard deviation varying from 0.8% and 5.5% depending on the junction size, and a fabrication yield higher than 97%. Additionally, we investigated two steps towards optimizing the fabrication process. Firstly, the Ar-ion milling duration was reduced, whose e ect on the junction quality remains to be investigated. Secondly, a one-step fabrication technique of Josephson junction is proposed in this thesis. Such a technique reduces the number of lithography steps needed, and in addition, Arion milling of the substrate is avoided. This technique proves to be very reliable for small JJ sizes, with a fabrication yield also higher than 97%. However, further work is needed in order to reduce its standard deviation, in addition to low temperature measurements to investigate the quality of qubits fabricated using these JJs. Finally, a tentative study for the ageing of Josephson junctions was investigated over the course of 180 days showing an average increase in the resistance of only 5%. |
Issue Date: | 2019 |
Publisher: | Chalmers tekniska högskola / Institutionen för mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap (MC2) |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12380/302101 |
Collection: | Examensarbeten för masterexamen // Master Theses |
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