Argonne National Laboratory’s nanocryotron amplifies weak electrical signals in particle detectors, crucial for collider experiments like those at Brookhaven. Its design allows for improved performance in high magnetic fields, marking a significant step in superconducting technology. Credit: SciTechDaily.com False color scanning electron microscope image of a parallel-channel superconducting nanocryotron. Blue highlights the ground plane, grey shows the trench and nanowire gaps, green represents the effective NbN channel, and red signifies the NbN gate to choke constriction. Scale bars correspond to 2 μm. Credit: Argonne National Laboratory
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