Two superconducting thin films systems with potential integration of different quantum functionalities

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.19493v1
• Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:23:20 GMT
• Title: Two superconducting thin films systems with potential integration of different quantum functionalities
• Authors: Snehal Mandal, Biplab Biswas, Suvankar Purakait, Anupam Roy, Biswarup Satpati, Indranil Das, B. N. Dev,
• Abstract summary: Cobalt (Co) thin films grown on silicon (Si) were found to be superconducting. Superconductivity of a hybrid Co film followed by the superconductivity of a CoSi$$ film. Magnetic field scan as a function of $T_c$ shows a monotonic increase in intensity of this peak with temperature.
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• Abstract: Quantum computation based on superconducting circuits utilizes superconducting qubits with Josephson tunnel junctions. Engineering high-coherence qubits requires materials optimization. In this work, we present two superconducting thin film systems, grown on silicon (Si), and one obtained from the other via annealing. Cobalt (Co) thin films grown on Si were found to be superconducting [EPL 131 (2020) 47001]. These films also happen to be a self-organised hybrid superconductor/ferromagnet/superconductor (S/F/S) structure. The S/F/S hybrids are important for superconducting $\pi$-qubits [PRL 95 (2005) 097001] and in quantum information processing. Here we present our results on the superconductivity of a hybrid Co film followed by the superconductivity of a CoSi$_2$ film, which was prepared by annealing the Co film. CoSi$_2$, with its $1/f$ noise about three orders of magnitude smaller compared to the most commonly used superconductor aluminium (Al), is a promising material for high-coherence qubits. The hybrid Co film revealed superconducting transition temperature $T_c$ = 5 K and anisotropy in the upper critical field between the in-plane and out-of-plane directions. The anisotropy was of the order of ratio of lateral dimensions to thickness of the superconducting Co grains, suggesting a quasi-2D nature of superconductivity. On the other hand, CoSi$_2$ film showed a $T_c$ of 900 mK. In the resistivity vs. temperature curve, we observe a peak near $T_c$. Magnetic field scan as a function of $T$ shows a monotonic increase in intensity of this peak with temperature. The origin of the peak has been explained in terms of parallel resistive model for the particular measurement configuration. Although our CoSi$_2$ film contains grain boundaries, we observed a perpendicular critical field of 15 mT and a critical current density of 3.8x10$^7$ A/m$^2$, comparable with epitaxial CoSi$_2$ films.

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