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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
May. 01, 2012
Marcio C. DE Andrade, San Diego, CA (US);
Anna M. Leese DE Escobar, San Diego, CA (US);
Marcio C. De Andrade, San Diego, CA (US);
Anna M. Leese De Escobar, San Diego, CA (US);
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A device includes a circuitry layer having one or more circuitry regions and a superconducting layer having a plurality of naturally-occurring defects. Potential wells are formed in the superconducting layer and located outside of the bounds of the circuitry regions. A pattern of engineered defects is formed in the superconducting layer and are configured such that, upon encountering a pulse of electromagnetic energy applied at a high potential region of the superconducting layer prior to energizing any circuits within the circuitry layer and when the superconducting layer is in a superconducting state, magnetic flux trapped within the naturally-occurring defects is directed to one or more of the potential wells.