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Bloch inductance in small-capacitance Josephson junctions

Superconductivity 2007-05-23 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

We show that the electrical impedance of a small-capacitance Josephson junction includes besides the capacitive term i/ωCB-i/\omega C_B also an inductive term iωLBi\omega L_B. Similar to the known Bloch capacitance CB(q)C_B(q), the Bloch inductance LB(q)L_B(q) also depends periodically on the quasicharge qq, and its maximum value achieved at q=e(mod2e)q=e (\textrm{mod} 2e) always exceeds the value of the Josephson inductance of this junction LJ(ϕ)L_J(\phi) at fixed ϕ=0\phi=0. The effect of the Bloch inductance on the dynamics of a single junction and a one-dimensional array is described.

Cite

@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0510435,
  title  = {Bloch inductance in small-capacitance Josephson junctions},
  author = {A. B. Zorin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0510435},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

5 pages incl. 3 figs

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