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Quantum Phase Transitions and Particle-Hole Pair Transport in Capacitively Coupled Josephson-Junction Chains

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2007-05-23 v1 Superconductivity

Abstract

We consider two chains of ultrasmall Josephson junctions, coupled capacitively with each other, and investigate the transport of particle-hole pairs and the quantum phase transitions at zero temperature. For appropriate parameter ranges, the particle-hole pairs are found to play major roles in transport phenomena; condensation of such pairs leads to the superconducting state, displaying perfect drag of supercurrents along the two chains.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9802199,
  title  = {Quantum Phase Transitions and Particle-Hole Pair Transport in Capacitively Coupled Josephson-Junction Chains},
  author = {Mahn-Soo Choi and M. Y. Choi and Sung-Ik Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9802199},
  year   = {2007}
}

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REVTeX, EPS figures. Submitted to PRL