Virtual Journal of Applications of Superconductivity -- May 1, 2012

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REVIEW ARTICLES

Escape dynamics in moderately damped Josephson junctions (Review Article)
D. Massarotti, L. Longobardi, L. Galletti, D. Stornaiuolo, D. Montemurro, G. Pepe, G. Rotoli, A. Barone, and F. Tafuri
Low Temperature Physics   38, 263-272 (2012)   
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Nanoelectromechanics of superconducting weak links (Review Article)
A. V. Parafilo, I. V. Krive, R. I. Shekhter, and M. Jonson
Low Temperature Physics   38, 273-282 (2012)   
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Multiphoton transitions in Josephson-junction qubits (Review Article)
S. N. Shevchenko, A. N. Omelyanchouk, and E. Il'ichev
Low Temperature Physics   38, 283-300 (2012)   
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Superposition of states in flux qubits with a Josephson junction of the ScS type (Review Article)
V. I. Shnyrkov, A. A. Soroka, A. M. Korolev, and O. G. Turutanov
Low Temperature Physics   38, 301-310 (2012)   
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Coupled superconductors and beyond
Brian D. Josephson
Low Temperature Physics   38, 260-262 (2012)   
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ELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS

Josephson effect in cuprate superconducting structures
G. A. Ovsyannikov and K. Y. Constantinian
Low Temperature Physics   38, 333-340 (2012)   
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Improved characteristics of mesa-type intrinsic Josephson junctions by vacuum cleavage process for Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈₊/Au contacts
Hiroki Ishida, Takahiro Kato, Atsushi Saito, and Kanji Yasui
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A   30, 031101 (2012) (7 pages)   
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Coherent quantum phase slip
O. V. Astafiev, L. B. Ioffe, S. Kafanov, Yu. A. Pashkin, K. Yu. Arutyunov, D. Shahar, O. Cohen, and J. S. Tsai
Nature   484, 355-358 (2012)   
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Engineered two-dimensional Ising interactions in a trapped-ion quantum simulator with hundreds of spins
Joseph W. Britton, Brian C. Sawyer, Adam C. Keith, C.-C. Joseph Wang, James K. Freericks, Hermann Uys, Michael J. Biercuk, and John J. Bollinger
Nature   484, 489-492 (2012)   
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Resonator–zero-qubit architecture for superconducting qubits
Andrei Galiautdinov, Alexander N. Korotkov, and John M. Martinis
Physical Review A   85, 042321 (2012) (10 pages)   
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Driven Dynamics and Rotary Echo of a Qubit Tunably Coupled to a Harmonic Oscillator
S. Gustavsson, J. Bylander, F. Yan, P. Forn-Díaz, V. Bolkhovsky, D. Braje, G. Fitch, K. Harrabi, D. Lennon, J. Miloshi, P. Murphy, R. Slattery, S. Spector, B. Turek, T. Weir, P. B. Welander, F. Yoshihara, D. G. Cory, Y. Nakamura, T. P. Orlando, and W. D. Oliver
Physical Review Letters   108, 170503 (2012) (6 pages)   
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Application of SQUIDs for registration of biomagnetic signals
I. D. Voitovych, M. A. Primin, and V. N. Sosnytskyy
Low Temperature Physics   38, 311-320 (2012)   
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Superconducting phase transistor in diffusive four-terminal ferromagnetic Josephson junctions
Mohammad Alidoust, Granville Sewell, and Jacob Linder
Physical Review B   85, 144520 (2012) (8 pages)   
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Unconventional rf photoresponse from a superconducting spiral resonator
Alexander P. Zhuravel, Cihan Kurter, Alexey V. Ustinov, and Steven M. Anlage
Physical Review B   85, 134535 (2012) (8 pages)   
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LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS

Design and system integration of the superconducting wiggler magnets for the Compact Linear Collider damping rings
Daniel Schoerling, Fanouria Antoniou, Axel Bernhard, Alexey Bragin, Mikko Karppinen, Remo Maccaferri, Nikolay Mezentsev, Yannis Papaphilippou, Peter Peiffer, Robert Rossmanith, Giovanni Rumolo, Stephan Russenschuck, Pavel Vobly, and Konstantin Zolotarev
Physical Review Special Topics-Accelerators and Beams   15, 042401 (2012) (14 pages)   
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Frequency control in the process of a multicell superconducting cavity production
Valery Shemelin and Paul Carriere
Review of Scientific Instruments   83, 043304 (2012) (9 pages)   
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Topographic power spectral density study of the effect of surface treatment processes on niobium for superconducting radio frequency accelerator cavities
Chen Xu, Hui Tian, Charles E. Reece, and Michael J. Kelley
Physical Review Special Topics-Accelerators and Beams   15, 043502 (2012) (18 pages)   
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MATERIALS IMPORTANT FOR APPLICATIONS

Ab initio investigation of FeAs/GaAs heterostructures for potential spintronic and superconducting applications
Sinéad M. Griffin and Nicola A. Spaldin
Physical Review B   85, 155126 (2012) (7 pages)   
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Temperature and time scaling of the peak-effect vortex configuration in FeTe_0.7Se_0.3
Marco Bonura, Enrico Giannini, Romain Viennois, and Carmine Senatore
Physical Review B   85, 134532 (2012) (11 pages)   
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ac susceptibility investigation of vortex dynamics in nearly optimally doped RFeAsO_1−xF_x superconductors (R = La, Ce, Sm)
G. Prando, P. Carretta, R. De Renzi, S. Sanna, H.-J. Grafe, S. Wurmehl, and B. Büchner
Physical Review B   85, 144522 (2012) (9 pages)   
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Specific heat and upper critical fields in KFe₂As₂ single crystals
M. Abdel-Hafiez, S. Aswartham, S. Wurmehl, V. Grinenko, C. Hess, S.-L. Drechsler, S. Johnston, A. U. B. Wolter, B. Büchner, H. Rosner, and L. Boeri
Physical Review B   85, 134533 (2012) (11 pages)   
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PROPERTIES IMPORTANT FOR APPLICATIONS

Development of a Compact Moving-Sample Magnetometer Using High-T_{\text{c}} Superconducting Quantum Interference Device
Mohd Mawardi Saari, Kenji Sakai, Toshihiko Kiwa, Akira Tsukamoto, Seiji Adachi, Keiichi Tanabe, Akihiko Kandori, and Keiji Tsukada
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics   51, 046601 (2012) (7 pages)   
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Study of second generation, high-temperature superconducting coils: Determination of critical current
Min Zhang, Jae-Ho Kim, Sastry Pamidi, Michal Chudy, Weijia Yuan, and T. A. Coombs
Journal of Applied Physics   111, 083902 (2012) (8 pages)   
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