ULTRATHIN SILICON MEMBRANES TO STUDY SUPERCURRENT TRANSPORT IN CRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTORS

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VANHUFFELEN, WM [1 ]
DEBOER, MJ [1 ]
KLAPWIJK, TM [1 ]
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[1] STATE UNIV GRONINGEN, CTR MAT SCI, 9747 AG GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS
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10.1063/1.104866
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We have developed a two-step anisotropic etching process to fabricate thin silicon membranes, used to study supercurrent transport in semiconductor coupled weak links. The process uses a shallow BF2+ implantation, and permits easy control of membrane thickness less-than-or-equal-to 100 nm. Preliminary measurements on membrane-based Nb-Si-Nb junctions reveal the simultaneous occurrence of tunnel behavior and Josephson coupling.
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