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Measuring the quantum states of a mesoscopic SQUID using a small Josephson junction

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2016-08-16 v1 Superconductivity

Abstract

We have experimentally studied the energy levels of a mesoscopic SQUID using inelastic Cooper-pair tunneling. The tunneling in a small Josephson junction depends strongly on its electromagnetic environment. We use this fact to do energy level spectroscopy of a SQUID-loop by coupling it to a small junction. Our samples with strong quasiparticle dissipation are well described by a model of a particle localized in one of the dips in a cosine-potential, while in the samples with weak dissipation we can see formation of energy bands.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0303536,
  title  = {Measuring the quantum states of a mesoscopic SQUID using a small Josephson junction},
  author = {René Lindell and Jari Penttilä and Mika Sillanpää and Pertti Hakonen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0303536},
  year   = {2016}
}

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4 pages, LaTeX (Revtex4)