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Anomalous finite-size effect in superconducting Josephson junction arrays

Statistical Mechanics 2016-08-31 v1 Superconductivity

Abstract

We report large-scale simulations of the resistively-shunted Josephson junction array in strip geometry. As the strip width increases, the voltage first decreases following the dynamic scaling ansatz proposed by Minnhagen {\it et al.} [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 74}, 3672 (1995)], and then rises towards the asymptotic value predicted by Ambegaokar {\it et al.} [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 40}, 783 (1978)]. The nonmonotonic size-dependence is attributed to shortened life time of free vortices in narrow strips, and points to the danger of single-scale analysis applied to a charge-neutral superfluid state.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0104392,
  title  = {Anomalous finite-size effect in superconducting Josephson junction arrays},
  author = {Qing-Hu Chen and Lei-Han Tang and Peiqing Tong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0104392},
  year   = {2016}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures