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ArticleNature communications2021

Preliminary demonstration of a persistent Josephson phase-slip memory cell with topological protection.

Nadia Ligato, Elia Strambini, Federico Paolucci, Francesco Giazotto

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nadia LigatoNEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy. Nadia.Ligato@santannapisa.it.ORCID 0000-0001-7655-9976
Elia StrambiniNEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy. elia.strambini@sns.it.ORCID 0000-0003-1135-2004
Federico PaolucciNEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy. federico.paolucci@nano.cnr.it.ORCID 0000-0001-8354-4975
Francesco GiazottoNEST, Istituto Nanoscienze-CNR and Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy. francesco.giazotto@sns.it.ORCID 0000-0002-1571-137X
Scuola Normale Superiore · ITIstituto Nanoscienze · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Superconducting computing promises enhanced computational power in both classical and quantum approaches. Yet, scalable and fast superconducting memories are not implemented. Here, we propose a fully superconducting memory cell based on the hysteretic phase-slip transition existing in long aluminum nanowire Josephson junctions. Embraced by a superconducting ring, the memory cell codifies the logic state in the direction of the circulating persistent current, as commonly defined in flux-based superconducting memories. But, unlike the latter, the hysteresis here is a consequence of the phase-slip occurring in the long weak link and associated to the topological transition of its superconducting gap. This disentangles our memory scheme from the large-inductance constraint, thus enabling its miniaturization. Moreover, the strong activation energy for phase-slip nucleation provides a robust topological protection against stochastic phase-slips and magnetic-flux noise. These properties make the Josephson phase-slip memory a promising solution for advanced superconducting classical logic architectures or flux qubits.

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