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Buried CMOS Nanowires Kept a Superconducting Hot Spot

Thermal measurements favored interfacial phonon cooling over a simple longitudinal model.

Published Updated Story ID: mp-2026-09-29-018
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Summary

Thermal measurements favored interfacial phonon cooling over a simple longitudinal model.

Titanium-nitride nanowires fabricated in a commercial 22-nanometer FD-SOI process remained strongly hysteretic despite burial beneath the metal stack. Across lengths and temperatures, the retrapping current fit a two-channel thermal model with a predicted crossover near 3.5 micrometers. The measurements characterize test structures, not a complete detector product.

Why it matters

Thermal measurements favored interfacial phonon cooling over a simple longitudinal model.

Limits and context

  • The measurements characterize test structures, not a complete detector product.

Key claims

  1. Thermal measurements favored interfacial phonon cooling over a simple longitudinal model.

    Qualification: The measurements characterize test structures, not a complete detector product.

    Evidence: source-2026-09-29-020

Sources

  1. arXiv preprint 2609.35624arXiv · primary research

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