Superconducting properties of magnesium diboride thin film measured by using coplanar waveguide resonator

Abstract In this paper we demonstrate the superconducting properties of MgB 2 coplanar waveguide resonator patterned from 300 nm thin film fabricated by vapor deposition. We measured the temperature dependence of the quality factor and the resonant frequency of the resonator. Surprisingly, we also observed hysteretic periodic response of resonance frequency to external magnetic field, which is characteristic of bistable systems with double-well potential, such as superconducting RF SQUID or phase-slip flux qubits. This property seems to be peculiar for granular and disordered superconductors where a superconducting loop of large effective diameter with weak links can be formed.