IEEE CSC YP Superconductivity Webinar Series
Superconductivity Talks is our new virtual webinar series that showcases Young Professionals across different superconductivity disciplines. Selected Young Professionals will give virtual talks to the superconductivity community about their research and interests. This webinar series is a great way to learn about other YP research, network with other professionals within and across different superconductivity fields, and also get experience presenting!
Upcoming Webinars:
Speaker: Daniele Torselo
Date: 19 May 2022
Time: 4 pm (CEST)/10 am (EST)
Title: Scaling Laws for Ion Irradiation Experiments in Iron Based Superconductors (IBS)
Abstract
Ion irradiation is a useful tool to introduce disorder in material, and hence engineer their properties. In superconductors the increased disorder enhances carriers scattering, decreasing the critical temperature, and provides pinning centers, increasing the critical current. However, virtually infinite combinations of ions and energies exist, making it difficult to choose the best conditions for a desired outcome. We investigated how the properties of a large set of Iron-based superconductors of the 122 family are modified by ion irradiation with different beams and energies. From this broad and comprehensive set of experimental data, clear scaling laws emerge, valid in the range of moderate disorder, providing a useful rule-of-thumb to design irradiation experiments.
Past Webinars:
Speaker: Dr. Halima Giovanna Ahmad
Date: 10 February 2022
Time: 16:00 - 17:00 GMT (17:00 - 18:00 CET)
Title: Boosting Superconducting Electronics with the Josephson Effect: Towards Hybrid Quantum Circuits and RF-applications
Abstract: Since its first discovery in the early ‘60s, the Josephson effect has been a powerful tool to study the fundamental physics occurring in conventional and unconventional superconducting materials and the exotic phenomena arising when coupling superconductors with barriers far from simple insulators or metals [1]. However, Josephson junctions are not just a laboratory platform. The research community has already demonstrated that they can enhance the capabilities of superconducting electronics in real-world applications: from highly sensitive magnetometry to quantum metrology and from quantum detection to quantum computation [2]. In this talk, we will specifically focus on the possibility of building a hybrid classical/quantum superconducting platform for high-performance computing by exploiting unconventional Josephson junctions that use ferromagnetic tunnel barriers (tunnel-SFS JJs) [3-7]. Tunnel SFS JJs have the potential of enlarging the capabilities of current state-of-the-art superconducting electronics [8-12]. The high quality of tunnel JJs adds to the chance to tune the magnetization of the ferromagnetic barrier. We show that this allows setting up a convenient playground for novel control, read-out, and memorization mechanisms.