Helium Ion Beam (IMAGE)

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Helium Ion Beam

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This image shows a representation of the helium ion beam form creating an atomic-scale Josephson junction in a crystal of yttrium barium copper oxide, which is a high-transition-temperature ceramic superconductor. The inset depicts what the device looks like on the macroscopic millimeter scale.

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Meng Ma/UCSD

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