Abstract:
Techniques are disclosed for fabrication of superconducting thin film structures which show Josephson-like effects and which allow fabrication of standard components, such as resistors and capacitors in circuits, starting with the deposition of superimposed thin films of selected metals at least one of which is superconducting, and all of which are stable (i.e., will not diffuse and are sufficiently inert to be chemically stable under normal use). The thin films are all effectively removed around the desired structure by anodization through a photoresist mask or by ion beam etching. A structure which shows a Josephson-like effect is produced by so manipulating the thin films that a thin line region across a narrowed section of the layered thin films is produced with a lower transition temperature than in the surrounding layered films. This is done by altering the ratio of the thickness of the superconductive thin film to the thickness of the non-superconductive thin film in the thin line region and controlling the dimension, l, of the thin line region in the direction of current flow.