Further info
The superconductive field effect
A curated set of accessible background pages, reviews and lecture notes related to this research programme.
Wikipedia primers
Background on conventional superconductivity and the quantum-field-theory analogy used in this project.
SuperconductivityA broad introduction to zero resistance, the Meissner effect and the phenomenology of superconducting phases.BCS theoryThe microscopic theory of conventional superconductivity based on Cooper pairing.Ginzburg-Landau theoryThe order-parameter field theory describing superconductivity near the transition temperature.Josephson effectMacroscopic phase-coherent tunnelling between superconductors and the basis of many superconducting devices.Schwinger effectStrong-field pair production in quantum electrodynamics, which motivates one of the analogies explored in the project.
Experiments, reviews and related laboratories
Experimental context for electrostatic control of superconducting thin films and Josephson structures.
Metallic supercurrent field-effect transistorThe 2018 experiment reporting electrostatic suppression of the supercurrent in all-metallic superconducting field-effect devices.Field-effect control of metallic superconducting systemsAn open review of experiments on gate control of metallic superconductors and superconducting quantum devices.Superconducting Quantum Electronics Lab (SQEL)The CNR-NANO laboratory working on superconducting quantum electronics and field-effect devices.