Abstract: A method for fabricating indium variable thickness super conducting microbridges uses a single layer of electron resist and EBL to draw a mask which has a gap with a small amount of undercut. A thin layer of material is deposited at normal incidence to form the bridge and material deposited at a sufficiently large oblique angle forms the banks separately. Typical VTB's have bridges 1000 .ANG. thick and <0.4 .mu.m long with the banks 7 .mu.m thick and R.sub.n.sup..about. 0.1.OMEGA.. The method can also form other non-hysteretic weak links such as the SNS junction.

Abstract: A coherent array of Josephson oscillators is provided. Individual hysteresis-free Josephson junctions are longitudinally arranged in a line and have such a spacing as to substantially eliminate quasiparticle interactions. To provide a common frequency of operation, equal and opposite dc voltages are produced in adjacent pairs of the Josephson junctions by an arrangement of interlocking dc SQUID's (Superconductive Quantum Interference Device) connected to transversely extending biasing leads. Phase coherence for the array is provided by a rf current circulating in an inductive feedback path that loops between the ends of the array.

Abstract: A coherent array of Josephson oscillators is provided. Individual hysteresis-free Josephson junctions are longitudinally arranged in a gap of a central conductor in a line and have such a spacing as to substantially eliminate quasiparticle interactions. To provide a common frequency of operation, equal and opposite dc voltages are produced in adjacent pairs of the Josephson junctions by an arrangement of interlocking dc SQUID's (Superconductive Quantum Interference Device) connected to the longitudinal central conductor using microwave bias tees. Phase coherence for the array is provided by a rf current circulating in an inductive feedback path that loops between the ends of the array.