Josephson dynamical simulation using the electronic circuit simulator APLAC: a tutorial
Superconductivity
2021-03-23 v1 Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract
Analysis Program for Linear Active Circuits (APLAC) is a general-purpose electronics circuit simulator, which has included a built-in model of the Josephson junction (JJ) since late 80's. It capabilities in simulating eg. noisy Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs), Rapid Single Flux Quantum (RSFQ) logic circuits, or Superconducting Transition Edge Sensors (TESes) are relatively unknown within the superconducting electronics community. Here we give a brief step-to-step tutorial for APLAC users to unleash those capabilities.
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@article{arxiv.2103.11465,
title = {Josephson dynamical simulation using the electronic circuit simulator APLAC: a tutorial},
author = {Mikko Kiviranta},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.11465},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
16 pages, 21 figures. Intended as a support document to the paper "Superconductive circuits and the general-purpose electronic simulator APLAC" accepted to IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity