001022216 001__ 1022216 001022216 005__ 20240226075435.0 001022216 0247_ $$2arXiv$$aarXiv:2304.03591 001022216 0247_ $$2datacite_doi$$a10.34734/FZJ-2024-01337 001022216 037__ $$aFZJ-2024-01337 001022216 041__ $$aEnglish 001022216 1001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)180691$$aLyatti, Matvey$$b0$$eCorresponding author 001022216 245__ $$aQuantum size effects in ultra-thin YBa2Cu3O7-x films 001022216 260__ $$c2023 001022216 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)25$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aPreprint$$bpreprint$$mpreprint$$s1706784836_9293 001022216 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aWORKING_PAPER 001022216 3367_ $$028$$2EndNote$$aElectronic Article 001022216 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$apreprint 001022216 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 001022216 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Working Paper 001022216 500__ $$aSupplementary Information is updated 001022216 520__ $$aThe d-wave symmetry of the order parameter with zero energy gap in nodal directions stands in the way of using high-temperature superconductors for quantum applications. We investigate the symmetry of the order parameter in ultra-thin YBa2Cu3O7-x (YBCO) films by measuring the electrical transport properties of nanowires and nanoconstrictions aligned at different angles relative to the main crystallographic axes. The anisotropy of the nanowire critical current in the nodal and antinodal directions reduces with the decrease in the film thickness. The Andreev reflection spectroscopy shows the presence of a thickness-dependent energy gap that doesn't exist in bulk YBCO. We find that the thickness-dependent energy gap appears due to the quantum size effects in ultra-thin YBCO films that open the superconducting energy gap along the entire Fermi surface. The fully gapped state of the ultra-thin YBCO films makes them a very promising platform for quantum applications, including quantum computing and quantum communications. 001022216 536__ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5222$$a5222 - Exploratory Qubits (POF4-522)$$cPOF4-522$$fPOF IV$$x0 001022216 536__ $$0G:(GEPRIS)390534769$$aDFG project 390534769 - EXC 2004: Materie und Licht für Quanteninformation (ML4Q) (390534769)$$c390534769$$x1 001022216 65027 $$0V:(DE-MLZ)SciArea-120$$2V:(DE-HGF)$$aCondensed Matter Physics$$x0 001022216 65017 $$0V:(DE-MLZ)GC-2004-2016$$2V:(DE-HGF)$$aBasic research$$x0 001022216 7001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)144210$$aGundareva, Irina$$b1 001022216 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aRöper, Torsten$$b2 001022216 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aPopovic, Zorica$$b3 001022216 7001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)171826$$aJalil, Abdur Rehman$$b4 001022216 7001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)125588$$aGrützmacher, Detlev$$b5 001022216 7001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)128634$$aSchäpers, Thomas$$b6 001022216 8564_ $$uhttps://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1022216/files/2304.03591-2.pdf$$yOpenAccess 001022216 8564_ $$uhttps://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1022216/files/2304.03591-2.gif?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yOpenAccess 001022216 8564_ $$uhttps://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1022216/files/2304.03591-2.jpg?subformat=icon-1440$$xicon-1440$$yOpenAccess 001022216 8564_ $$uhttps://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1022216/files/2304.03591-2.jpg?subformat=icon-180$$xicon-180$$yOpenAccess 001022216 8564_ $$uhttps://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1022216/files/2304.03591-2.jpg?subformat=icon-640$$xicon-640$$yOpenAccess 001022216 909CO $$ooai:juser.fz-juelich.de:1022216$$pdnbdelivery$$pdriver$$pVDB$$popen_access$$popenaire 001022216 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)5008462-8$$6P:(DE-Juel1)180691$$aForschungszentrum Jülich$$b0$$kFZJ 001022216 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)5008462-8$$6P:(DE-Juel1)144210$$aForschungszentrum Jülich$$b1$$kFZJ 001022216 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)5008462-8$$6P:(DE-HGF)0$$aForschungszentrum Jülich$$b2$$kFZJ 001022216 9101_ $$0I:(DE-HGF)0$$6P:(DE-HGF)0$$a University of Belgrade$$b3 001022216 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)5008462-8$$6P:(DE-Juel1)171826$$aForschungszentrum Jülich$$b4$$kFZJ 001022216 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)5008462-8$$6P:(DE-Juel1)125588$$aForschungszentrum Jülich$$b5$$kFZJ 001022216 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)5008462-8$$6P:(DE-Juel1)128634$$aForschungszentrum Jülich$$b6$$kFZJ 001022216 9131_ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-522$$1G:(DE-HGF)POF4-520$$2G:(DE-HGF)POF4-500$$3G:(DE-HGF)POF4$$4G:(DE-HGF)POF$$9G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5222$$aDE-HGF$$bKey Technologies$$lNatural, Artificial and Cognitive Information Processing$$vQuantum Computing$$x0 001022216 9141_ $$y2023 001022216 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0510$$2StatID$$aOpenAccess 001022216 920__ $$lyes 001022216 9201_ $$0I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-9-20110106$$kPGI-9$$lHalbleiter-Nanoelektronik$$x0 001022216 9201_ $$0I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-10-20170113$$kPGI-10$$lJARA Institut Green IT$$x1 001022216 980__ $$apreprint 001022216 980__ $$aVDB 001022216 980__ $$aUNRESTRICTED 001022216 980__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)PGI-9-20110106 001022216 980__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)PGI-10-20170113 001022216 9801_ $$aFullTexts