The invention discloses a unijunction Josephson probe and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
superconducting electronics and
scanning probe microscopy, the probe comprises a probe body and a
niobium film layer, the probe body is provided with two grooves, the
niobium film layer comprises a first
electrode and a second
electrode which are symmetrically arranged, and the first
electrode and the second electrode are arranged in parallel. The first electrode and the second electrode are connected at the top end of the needle body through the middle connecting area, and the first electrode, the middle connecting area and the second electrode form a single Josephson junction. The method comprises the following steps: step 1, pretreating a substrate; step 2, nano needle tip drawing; step 3, performing magnetron
sputtering for the first time; step 4, turning over in situ; and 5, carrying out magnetron
sputtering for the second time. According to the single-junction structure, a superconducting ring and double-junction symmetric matching are not needed, so that the yield and the preparation reliability of the device are remarkably improved; the preparation of a single Josephson junction at the top end of the nano needle tip is realized for the first time, a simplest nano
bridge type weak connection structure is adopted, and a junction region is positioned at the tip end of the needle tip, so that the spatial resolution of near-
field detection is improved.