Abstract
InAs-AlSb quantum wells contacted with periodic gratings of superconducting Nb electrodes show Josephson-junction characteristics at low temperatures. When a nonzero resistance is reestablished by a weak magnetic field, the resistance shows a strong component periodic in the magnetic field. At fields above ∼300 μT, the oscillation period corresponds to one flux quantum per grating cell; but in wide arrays (≳40 μm), a frequency doubling takes place at low fields, indicating the formation of a staggered vortex superlattice at twice the lithographic period.
- Received 5 February 1996
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.54.R2311
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