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REVIEW ARTICLES

Superconducting spintronics: Spin-polarized transport in superconducting junctions with ferromagnetic semiconducting contact
Y. C. Tao and J. G. Hu
Journal of Applied Physics   107, 041101 (2010) (13 pages)   
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ELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS

Optimal control of circuit quantum electrodynamics in one and two dimensions
R. Fisher, F. Helmer, S. J. Glaser, F. Marquardt, and T. Schulte-Herbrüggen
Physical Review B   81, 085328 (2010) (8 pages)   
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Cross correlations between charge noise and critical-current fluctuations in a four-level tunable Josephson system
Lara Faoro and Frank W. J. Hekking
Physical Review B   81, 052505 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Reducing quantum-regime dielectric loss of silicon nitride for superconducting quantum circuits
Hanhee Paik and Kevin D. Osborn
Applied Physics Letters   96, 072505 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Coherent superpositions of single semifluxon states in a 0- Josephson junction
E. Goldobin, K. Vogel, W. P. Schleich, D. Koelle, and R. Kleiner
Physical Review B   81, 054514 (2010) (13 pages)   
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Tunneling Spectroscopy of Andreev Energy Levels in a Quantum Dot Coupled to a Superconductor
R. S. Deacon, Y. Tanaka, A. Oiwa, R. Sakano, K. Yoshida, K. Shibata, K. Hirakawa, and S. Tarucha
Physical Review Letters   104, 076805 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Evidence for a Dual-Source Mechanism of Terahertz Radiation from Rectangular Mesas of Single Crystalline Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈₊ Intrinsic Josephson Junctions
Kazuo Kadowaki, Manabu Tsujimoto, Kazuhiro Yamaki, Takashi Yamamoto, Takanari Kashiwagi, Hidetoshi Minami, Masashi Tachiki, and Richard A. Klemm
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan   79, 023703 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Sequence of phase transitions induced in an array of Josephson junctions by their crossover to -state
S. Korshunov
Europhysics Letters   89, 17004- (2010)   
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Phase-charge duality in Josephson junction circuits: Role of inertia and effect of microwave irradiation
W. Guichard and F. W. J. Hekking
Physical Review B   81, 064508 (2010) (9 pages)   
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All magnesium diboride Josephson junctions with MgO and native oxide barriers
M. V. Costache and J. S. Moodera
Applied Physics Letters   96, 082508 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Magnetic interference patterns in 0- superconductor/insulator/ferromagnet/superconductor Josephson junctions: Effects of asymmetry between 0 and regions
M. Kemmler, M. Weides, M. Weiler, M. Opel, S. T. B. Goennenwein, A. S. Vasenko, A. A. Golubov, H. Kohlstedt, D. Koelle, R. Kleiner, and E. Goldobin
Physical Review B   81, 054522 (2010) (8 pages)   
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Erratum: Fiske modes in 0- Josephson junctions [Phys. Rev. B 74, 144504 (2006)]
C. Nappi, E. Sarnelli, M. Adamo, and M. A. Navacerrada
Physical Review B   81, 069902 (2010) (1 page)   
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Preparation of Superconducting Niobium Tips for Atomic-Resolution Scanning Tunneling Microscopy/Spectroscopy
Ryota Shimizu, Taro Hitosugi, Tomihiro Hashizume, Noritaka Fukuo, and Tetsuya Hasegawa
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics   49, 028004 (2010) (2 pages)   
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Tuning superconductivity by carrier injection
Yuri Koval, Xiaoyue Jin, Christoph Bergmann, Yilmaz Simsek, Lütfi Özyüzer, Paul Müller, Huabing Wang, Günter Behr, and Bernd Büchner
Applied Physics Letters   96, 082507 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Application of magnetic atom induced bound states in superconducting gap for chemical identification of single magnetic atoms
Shuai-Hua Ji, Tong Zhang, Ying-Shuang Fu, Xi Chen, Jin-Feng Jia, Qi-Kun Xue, and Xu-Cun Ma
Applied Physics Letters   96, 073113 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Measurement of ion cascade energies through resolution degradation of alpha particle microcalorimeters
Robert D. Horansky, Gregory M. Stiehl, James A. Beall, Kent D. Irwin, Alexander A. Plionis, Michael W. Rabin, and Joel N. Ullom
Journal of Applied Physics   107, 044512 (2010) (9 pages)   
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Erratum: “Single photon experiments at telecom wavelengths using nanowire superconducting detectors” [Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 031106 (2007)]
C. Zinoni, B. Alloing, L. H. Li, F. Marsili, A. Fiore, L. Lunghi, A. Gerardino, Yu. B. Vakhtomin, K. V. Smirnov, and G. N. Gol'tsman
Applied Physics Letters   96, 089901 (2010) (1 page)   
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Energy resolution of terahertz single-photon-sensitive bolometric detectors
D. F. Santavicca, B. Reulet, B. S. Karasik, S. V. Pereverzev, D. Olaya, M. E. Gershenson, L. Frunzio, and D. E. Prober
Applied Physics Letters   96, 083505 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Noise-induced intermittency in a superconducting microwave resonator
G. Bachar, E. Segev, O. Shtempluck, S. Shaw, and E. Buks
Europhysics Letters   89, 17003- (2010)   
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LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS

First results from the new RIKEN superconducting electron cyclotron resonance ion source (invited)
T. Nakagawa, Y. Higurashi, J. Ohnishi, T. Aihara, M. Tamura, A. Uchiyama, H. Okuno, K. Kusaka, M. Kidera, E. Ikezawa, M. Fujimaki, Y. Sato, Y. Watanabe, M. Komiyama, M. Kase, A. Goto, O. Kamigaito, and Y. Yano
Review of Scientific Instruments   81, 02A320 (2010) (6 pages)   
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MATERIALS IMPORTANT FOR APPLICATIONS

Self-fields in thin superconducting tapes: Implications for the thickness effect in coated conductors
Alvaro Sanchez, Carles Navau, Nuria Del-Valle, Du-Xing Chen, and John R. Clem
Applied Physics Letters   96, 072510 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Improved near-field scanning microwave microscope combined with electrical transport measurement for characterizing nonuniformity of electrical dissipation in YBa₂Cu₃O₇₋ films of variable thickness
Jonathan R. Dizon, Xiang Wang, and Judy Z. Wu
Journal of Applied Physics   107, 043905 (2010) (6 pages)   
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Carbonate effects in single-crystalline YBa₂Cu₃O₇₋
H. Uchiyama, N. Matsukura, and N. Chikumoto
Physical Review B   81, 060511 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Interpreting quantum oscillation experiments on underdoped YBa₂Cu₃O_6+x
J. M. Tranquada, D. N. Basov, A. D. LaForge, and A. A. Schafgans
Physical Review B   81, 060506 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Magnetic Quantum Oscillations in YBa₂Cu₃O_6.61 and YBa₂Cu₃O_6.69 in Fields of Up to 85 T: Patching the Hole in the Roof of the Superconducting Dome
John Singleton, Clarina de la Cruz, R. D. McDonald, Shiliang Li, Moaz Altarawneh, Paul Goddard, Isabel Franke, Dwight Rickel, C. H. Mielke, Xin Yao, and Pengcheng Dai
Physical Review Letters   104, 086403 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Vortex liquid-glass transition up to 60 T in nanoengineered coated conductors grown by metal organic deposition
M. Miura, S. A. Baily, B. Maiorov, L. Civale, J. O. Willis, K. Marken, T. Izumi, K. Tanabe, and Y. Shiohara
Applied Physics Letters   96, 072506 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Diamagnetism and Cooper pairing above T_c in cuprates
Lu Li, Yayu Wang, Seiki Komiya, Shimpei Ono, Yoichi Ando, G. D. Gu, and N. P. Ong
Physical Review B   81, 054510 (2010) (9 pages)   
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Possibility of magnetic-field-induced reconstruction of the Fermi surface in underdoped cuprates: Constraints from infrared magneto-optics
A. D. LaForge, A. A. Schafgans, S. V. Dordevic, W. J. Padilla, K. S. Burch, Z. Q. Li, Kouji Segawa, Seiki Komiya, Yoichi Ando, J. M. Tranquada, and D. N. Basov
Physical Review B   81, 064510 (2010) (7 pages)   
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Influence of Mg deficiency on crystal structure and superconducting properties in MgB₂ single crystals
N. D. Zhigadlo, S. Katrych, J. Karpinski, B. Batlogg, F. Bernardini, S. Massidda, and R. Puzniak
Physical Review B   81, 054520 (2010) (7 pages)   
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Electron tunneling spectroscopy on superconducting Al-doped MgB₂ thin films: energy gap and Eliashberg function
R. Schneider, A. G. Zaitsev, O. De la Peña-Seaman, R. de Coss, R. Heid, K.-P. Bohnen, and J. Geerk
Physical Review B   81, 054519 (2010) (12 pages)   
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Weak-Coupling Theory for Multiband Superconductivity Induced by Jahn–Teller Phonons
Takashi Hotta
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan   79, 023709 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Measurement of magnetic penetration depth and superconducting energy gap in very thin epitaxial NbN films
Anand Kamlapure, Mintu Mondal, Madhavi Chand, Archana Mishra, John Jesudasan, Vivas Bagwe, L. Benfatto, Vikram Tripathi, and Pratap Raychaudhuri
Applied Physics Letters   96, 072509 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Comment on “Nonmagnetic Impurity Resonances as a Signature of Sign-Reversal Pairing in FeAs-Based Superconductors”
Maria Daghofer and Adriana Moreo
Physical Review Letters   104, 089701 (2010) (1 page)   
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Zhang Replies:
Degang Zhang
Physical Review Letters   104, 089702 (2010) (1 page)   
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Spin-density wave and asymmetry of coherence peaks in iron pnictide superconductors from a two-orbital model
Tao Zhou, Degang Zhang, and C. S. Ting
Physical Review B   81, 052506 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Structure of neutron-scattering peaks in both s₊₊-wave and s_±-wave states of an iron pnictide superconductor
Seiichiro Onari, Hiroshi Kontani, and Masatoshi Sato
Physical Review B   81, 060504 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Two types of s-wave pairing due to magnetic and orbital fluctuations in the two-dimensional 16-band d-p model for iron-based superconductors
Yuki Yanagi, Youichi Yamakawa, and Yoshiaki no
Physical Review B   81, 054518 (2010) (10 pages)   
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Evolution of Two-Gap Behavior of the Superconductor FeSe_1-x
R. Khasanov, M. Bendele, A. Amato, K. Conder, H. Keller, H.-H. Klauss, H. Luetkens, and E. Pomjakushina
Physical Review Letters   104, 087004 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Pressure Induced Static Magnetic Order in Superconducting FeSe_1-x
M. Bendele, A. Amato, K. Conder, M. Elender, H. Keller, H.-H. Klauss, H. Luetkens, E. Pomjakushina, A. Raselli, and R. Khasanov
Physical Review Letters   104, 087003 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Hall effect in superconducting Fe(Se_0.5Te_0.5) thin films
I. Tsukada, M. Hanawa, Seiki Komiya, T. Akiike, R. Tanaka, Y. Imai, and A. Maeda
Physical Review B   81, 054515 (2010) (6 pages)   
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Superconductivity of FeSe_0.5Te_0.5 Thin Films Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition
Yoshinori Imai, Ryo Tanaka, Takanori Akiike, Masafumi Hanawa, Ichiro Tsukada, and Atsutaka Maeda
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics   49, 023101 (2010) (5 pages)   
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High Upper Critical Fields and Evidence of Weak-Link Behavior in Superconducting LaFeAsO_1-xF_x Thin Films
S. Haindl, M. Kidszun, A. Kauffmann, K. Nenkov, N. Kozlova, J. Freudenberger, T. Thersleff, J. Hänisch, J. Werner, E. Reich, L. Schultz, and B. Holzapfel
Physical Review Letters   104, 077001 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Suppression of the Critical Temperature of Superconducting NdFeAs(OF) Single Crystals by Kondo-Like Defect Sites Induced by -Particle Irradiation
C. Tarantini, M. Putti, A. Gurevich, Y. Shen, R. K. Singh, J. M. Rowell, N. Newman, D. C. Larbalestier, Peng Cheng, Ying Jia, and Hai-Hu Wen
Physical Review Letters   104, 087002 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Possible hydrogen doping and enhancement of T_c (=35  K) in a LaFeAsO-based superconductor
K. Miyazawa, S. Ishida, K. Kihou, P. M. Shirage, M. Nakajima, C. H. Lee, H. Kito, Y. Tomioka, T. Ito, H. Eisaki, H. Yamashita, H. Mukuda, K. Tokiwa, S. Uchida, and A. Iyo
Applied Physics Letters   96, 072514 (2010) (3 pages)   
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Effects of Ru Doping on the Transport Behavior and Superconducting Transition Temperature of NdFeAsO_0.89F_0.11
Sang Chul Lee, Erika Satomi, Yoshiaki Kobayashi, and Masatoshi Sato
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan   79, 023702 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Superconductivity in NdFe_1−xCo_xAsO (0.05<x<0.20) and rare-earth magnetic ordering in NdCoAsO
Andrea Marcinkova, David A. M. Grist, Irene Margiolaki, Thomas C. Hansen, Serena Margadonna, and Jan-Willem G. Bos
Physical Review B   81, 064511 (2010) (10 pages)   
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Unexpected Fermi-surface nesting in the pnictide parent compounds BaFe₂As₂ and CaFe₂As₂ revealed by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy
Takeshi Kondo, R. M. Fernandes, R. Khasanov, Chang Liu, A. D. Palczewski, Ni Ni, M. Shi, A. Bostwick, E. Rotenberg, J. Schmalian, S. L. Bud'ko, P. C. Canfield, and A. Kaminski
Physical Review B   81, 060507 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Quantum Criticality and Nodal Superconductivity in the FeAs-Based Superconductor KFe₂As₂
J. K. Dong, S. Y. Zhou, T. Y. Guan, H. Zhang, Y. F. Dai, X. Qiu, X. F. Wang, Y. He, X. H. Chen, and S. Y. Li
Physical Review Letters   104, 087005 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Dispersive spin fluctuations in the nearly optimally doped superconductor Ba(Fe_1−xCo_x)₂As₂ (x=0.065)
C. Lester, Jiun-Haw Chu, J. G. Analytis, T. G. Perring, I. R. Fisher, and S. M. Hayden
Physical Review B   81, 064505 (2010) (6 pages)   
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Direct observation of the superconducting energy gap in the optical conductivity of the iron pnictide superconductor Ba(Fe_0.9Co_0.1)₂As₂
B. Gorshunov, D. Wu, A. A. Voronkov, P. Kallina, K. Iida, S. Haindl, F. Kurth, L. Schultz, B. Holzapfel, and M. Dressel
Physical Review B   81, 060509 (2010) (4 pages)   
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Bulk electronic structure of optimally doped Ba(Fe_1−xCo_x)₂As₂
C. Utfeld, J. Laverock, T. D. Haynes, S. B. Dugdale, J. A. Duffy, M. W. Butchers, J. W. Taylor, S. R. Giblin, J. G. Analytis, J.-H. Chu, I. R. Fisher, M. Itou, and Y. Sakurai
Physical Review B   81, 064509 (2010) (5 pages)   
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Evidence from anisotropic penetration depth for a three-dimensional nodal superconducting gap in single-crystalline Ba(Fe_1−xNi_x)₂As₂
C. Martin, H. Kim, R. T. Gordon, N. Ni, V. G. Kogan, S. L. Bud'ko, P. C. Canfield, M. A. Tanatar, and R. Prozorov
Physical Review B   81, 060505 (2010) (4 pages)   
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PROPERTIES IMPORTANT FOR APPLICATIONS

Magnetic flux periodicity in a hollow d-wave superconducting cylinder
Jian-Xin Zhu and H. T. Quan
Physical Review B   81, 054521 (2010) (5 pages)   
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Critical current in type-II superconductors near the order-disorder transition
I. M. Babich, E. H. Brandt, G. P. Mikitik, and E. Zeldov
Physical Review B   81, 054517 (2010) (7 pages)   
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Maximal persistent current in a type-II superconductor with an artificial pinning array at the matching magnetic field
B. Rosenstein, I. Shapiro, and B. Ya. Shapiro
Physical Review B   81, 064507 (2010) (8 pages)   
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Anomalous Nernst effect and heat transport by vortex vacancies in granular superconductors
Andreas Andersson and Jack Lidmar
Physical Review B   81, 060508 (2010) (4 pages)   
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