Fast vortex dynamics and relaxation times in NbRe-based heterostructures

• Francesco De Chiara,
• Zahra Makhdoumi Kakhaki,
• Francesco Avitabile,
• Francesco Colangelo,
• Abhishek Kumar,
• Carmine Attanasio and
• Carla Cirillo

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2026, 17, 292–302, doi:10.3762/bjnano.17.20

• bilayers, having a relaxation time one order of magnitude smaller than values reported in NbRe microbridges, have great potential for the realization of devices where fast relaxation processes are required. Keywords: flux-flow instability; quasiparticle relaxation time; superconducting heterostructures

• bilayer One way to enhance the critical vortex velocity and reduce the relaxation time is to use multilayer superconducting heterostructures [28][33]. It was experimentally observed that thin superconducting strips coated by a lowly resistive normal metal present stronger non-linear properties and higher

Geometry-controlled engineering of the low-temperature proximity effect in normal metal–superconductor junctions

• Munisa A. Tomayeva,
• Vyacheslav D. Neverov,
• Andrey V. Krasavin,
• Alexei Vagov and
• Mihail D. Croitoru

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2025, 16, 2265–2273, doi:10.3762/bjnano.16.155

• implications for the engineering of superconducting heterostructures, particularly in nanoscale and mesoscopic systems where interface properties can be tailored with high precision. For example, geometric control of the proximity effect may provide an additional degree of freedom for optimizing device