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Title: Nanobridge SQUIDs as multilevel memory elements
(Submitted on 15 Nov 2022)
Abstract: With the development of novel computing schemes working at cryogenic temperatures, superconducting memory elements have become essential. In this context, superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) are promising candidates, as they may trap different discrete amounts of magnetic flux. We demonstrate that a field-assisted writing scheme allows such a device to operate as a multilevel memory by the readout of eight distinct vorticity states at zero magnetic field. We present an alternative mechanism based on single phase slips which allows to switch the vorticity state while preserving superconductivity. This mechanism provides a possibly deterministic channel for flux control in SQUID-based memories, under the condition that the field-dependent energy of different vorticity states are nearby.
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From: Davi A. D. Chaves [view email][v1] Tue, 15 Nov 2022 11:01:47 GMT (4863kb,D)
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