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Dynamical reentrance and geometry imposed quantization effects in Nb-AlOx-Nb Josephson junction arrays

Superconductivity 2008-02-19 v2

Abstract

In this paper, we report on different phenomena related to the magnetic properties of artificially prepared highly ordered (periodic) two-dimensional Josephson junction arrays (2D-JJA) of both shunted and unshunted Nb-AlOx-Nb tunnel junctions. By employing mutual-inductance measurements and using a high-sensitive bridge, we have thoroughly investigated (both experimentally and theoretically) the temperature and magnetic field dependence of complex AC susceptibility of 2D-JJA. We also demonstrate the use of the scanning SQUID microscope for imaging the local flux distribution within our unshunted arrays.

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@article{arxiv.0802.2485,
  title  = {Dynamical reentrance and geometry imposed quantization effects in Nb-AlOx-Nb Josephson junction arrays},
  author = {Fernando M. Araujo-Moreira and Sergei Sergeenkov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.2485},
  year   = {2008}
}