The cryotron is a switch that operates using superconductivity.[1] The cryotron works on the principle that magnetic fields destroy superconductivity. This simple device consists of two superconducting wires (e.g. tantalum and niobium) with different critical temperature (Tc). The cryotron was invented by Dudley Allen Buck of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory.
- ^ Rose-Innes, A.C.; Rhoderick, E.H. (1978). Introduction to Superconductivity. International Series in Solid State Physics. Vol. 6 (2 ed.). Elsevier Science. p. 45. ISBN 9780080216515.