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Quantized critical supercurrent in SrTiO₃-based quantum point contacts

Abstract

Superconductivity in SrTiO₃ occurs at remarkably low carrier densities and therefore, unlike conventional superconductors, can be controlled by electrostatic gates. Here we demonstrate nanoscale weak links connecting superconducting leads, all within a single material, SrTiO₃. Ionic liquid gating accumulates carriers in the leads, and local electrostatic gates are tuned to open the weak link. These devices behave as superconducting quantum point contacts with a quantized critical supercurrent. This is a milestone towards establishing SrTiO₃ as a single-material platform for mesoscopic superconducting transport experiments, that also intrinsically contains the necessary ingredients to engineer topological superconductivity

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