Non Traditional Transport Processes in Tunneling and Proximity Junctions

摘要

Several project aimed at dealing with fundamental limitations in the present superconducting electronics technology based on Josephson junctions were carried out. The need for high resistance superconductor/normal metal/ superconductor Josephson junctions was reiterated and some constraints on the more favorable technology were established. A phenomenological theory of Josephson coupling in high Tc superconductor/normal metal/superconductor junctions was developed. The practical considerations to develop a new concept for memory storage in superconducting electronics based on the superconductor/ ferromagnet proximity effect were pursued.