How does a superconducting transistor work?

Experiments of the Nanoelectronics Research Group at the BME Institute of Physics reveal the switching mechanism of superconducting transistors. Published in Nature Communications.

 

Detailed report at the university news portal bme.hu, in Hungarian.

 
Tosson Elalaily, Martin Berke, Ilari Lilja, Alexander Savin, Gergő Fülöp, Lőrinc Kupás, Thomas Kanne, Jesper Nygård, Péter Makk, Pertti Hakonen & Szabolcs Csonka 
Switching dynamics in Al/InAs nanowire-based gate-controlled superconducting switch
Nature Communications 15, 9157 (2024)
 
A recent review paper of this research field, co-authored by BME researchers:
Leon Ruf, Claudio Puglia, Tosson Elalaily, Giorgio De Simoni, Francois Joint, Martin Berke, Jennifer Koch, Andrea Iorio, Sara Khorshidian, Peter Makk, Simone Gasparinetti, Szabolcs Csonka, Wolfgang Belzig, Mario Cuoco, Francesco Giazotto, Elke Scheer, Angelo Di Bernardo
Gate control of superconducting current: Mechanisms, parameters and technological potential
https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.13734