Superconducting materials, devices, and processes
AssigneeThe Board of Trustees of Western Michigan University
InventorsRobert A. Makin, III, Steven Michael Durbin
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Abstract
A method of fabricating a superconducting device includes determining a target transition temperature and utilizing a predefined quantitative relationship between superconducting transition temperature and an order parameter for at least one superconducting material composition is utilized to select a superconductor material composition that is capable of providing a target transition temperature. Process parameters may be controlled to form a superconductor device comprising at least one superconductor material having a material composition providing the target transition temperature.
Claims8
A method of fabricating a superconducting device, the method comprising:
- determining a target transition temperature;
- utilizing a predefined quantitative relationship between superconducting transition temperature and an order parameter (S) for at least one superconductor material composition to select a superconductor material composition that is capable of providing the target transition temperature, wherein the quantitative relationship can be expressed as a linear relationship between superconducting transition temperature and order parameter square (S2);
- and
- controlling process parameters to form a superconductor device comprising at least one superconductor material having the selected superconductor material composition and the target transition temperature.
A method of fabricating a superconducting device, the method comprising:
- determining a target transition temperature;
- determining an order parameter (S) for a selected superconducting material based on a predefined numerical relationship between a superconducting transition temperature and S for the selected superconductor material, wherein the numerical relationship between superconducting transition temperature and S for the selected superconductor material is fully predictive of superconducting transition temperature as a function of S;
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- controlling process parameters to form a superconducting device comprising the selected superconductor material having the target transition temperature;
- wherein
- the numerical relationship can be expressed as a linear relationship between superconducting transition temperature and order parameter squared S2.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.