Josephson junction
noun
Jo·seph·son junction
ˈjō-zəf-sən- 
also -səf-sən-
: an electronic fast-switching device that consists of two layers of superconducting metal separated by a thin layer of insulator through which low current flows but increased current causes the insulator to block the flow
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Furthermore, the team exposed the Josephson junction to microwave electromagnetic radiation whose frequency is close to that of Wi-Fi signals.
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Zhixin Wang, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
The key was to leverage a setup known as a Josephson junction, pioneered by Nobel Laureate Brian Josephson back in 1962.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
Over the next few years, groups at IBM and Bell Labs attempted to spot macroscopic tunnelling in devices called Josephson junctions, which are circuits made from two superconductors separated by a thin insulating barrier.
—Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2025
Here, a tunneling electron microscope image shows a Josephson junction made with alpha-silicon insulator sandwiched between niobium titanium nitride superconductors, achieving a critical dimension of 210 nanometers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2024
Each qubit on the chip is in the form of a loop of superconducting wire called a Josephson junction.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 29 Sep. 2020
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Zhixin Wang, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
The key was to leverage a setup known as a Josephson junction, pioneered by Nobel Laureate Brian Josephson back in 1962.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
Over the next few years, groups at IBM and Bell Labs attempted to spot macroscopic tunnelling in devices called Josephson junctions, which are circuits made from two superconductors separated by a thin insulating barrier.
—Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2025
Here, a tunneling electron microscope image shows a Josephson junction made with alpha-silicon insulator sandwiched between niobium titanium nitride superconductors, achieving a critical dimension of 210 nanometers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2024
Each qubit on the chip is in the form of a loop of superconducting wire called a Josephson junction.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 29 Sep. 2020
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