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We experimentally investigate the stochastic phase dynamics of planar Josephson junctions (JJs) and superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) defined in epitaxial InAs/Al heterostructures, and characterized by a large ratio of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-04-27 D. Z. Haxell , E. Cheah , F. Křížek , R. Schott , M. F. Ritter , M. Hinderling , W. Belzig , C. Bruder , W. Wegscheider , H. Riel , F. Nichele

We study theoretically the efficiency of an asymmetric superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) which is constructed as a loop with three capacitively and resistively shunted Josephson junctions. Two junctions are placed in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-04-27 J. Spiechowicz , J. Łuczka

We study transport in an asymmetric SQUID which is composed of a loop with three capacitively and resistively shunted Josephson junctions: two in series in one arm and the remaining one in the other arm. The loop is threaded by an external…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-09-09 Jakub Spiechowicz , Peter Hänggi , Jerzy Łuczka

We study diffusion of the Josephson phase in the asymmetric SQUID subjected to a time-periodic current and pierced by an external magnetic flux. We analyze a relation between phase diffusion and quality of transport characterized by the dc…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-06-01 Jakub Spiechowicz , Jerzy Łuczka

Under a high frequency drive, Josephson junctions demonstrate "Shapiro steps" of quantized voltage. These are dynamically stabilized states, in which the phase across the junction locks to the external drive. We explore the stochastic…

Superconducting tunnel junctions constitute the units of superconducting quantum circuits and are massively used both for quantum sensing and quantum computation. In previous works, we predicted the existence of a nonlinear thermoelectric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-21 G. Marchegiani , A. Braggio , F. Giazotto

We study diffusion in ratchet systems. As a particular experimental realization we consider an asymmetric SQUID subjected to an external ac current and a constant magnetic flux. We analyze mean-square displacement of the Josephson phase and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-06-02 Jakub Spiechowicz , Jerzy Łuczka

We consider the superconducting phase in a moving superconductor and show that it depends on the displacement flux. Generalized constitutive relations between the phase of a superconducting interference device (SQUID) and the position of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-24 François Konschelle , Yaroslav M. Blanter

Experiments on the distributions of switching currents in Josephson junctions are sensitive probes of the mechanism by which a junction changes abruptly to a finite voltage state. At low temperatures data exhibit smooth and gradual…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-08-19 James A. Blackburn

We provide a quantum analysis of a DC SQUID mechanical displacement detector within the sub-critical Josephson current regime. A segment of the SQUID loop forms the mechanical resonator and motion of the latter is transduced inductively…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 M. P. Blencowe , E. Buks

We investigate the superfluid dynamics of a Josephson junction beyond the mean-field description, incorporating the role of thermal fluctuations as well as quantum fluctuations. Using a formalism that accounts for the fluctuations in a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2026-05-01 Andrea Bardin , Francesco Lorenzi , Luca Salasnich

Constriction-based Josephson weak-links display a thermal bi-stability between two states exhibiting zero and finite voltages. This manifests in experiments either as hysteresis in weak-links current voltage characteristics or as random…

The properties of phase escape in a dc SQUID at 25 mK, which is well below quantum-to-classical crossover temperature $T_{cr}$, in the presence of strong resonant ac driving have been investigated. The SQUID contains two Nb/Al-AlO$_{x} $/Nb…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-18 H. F. Yu , X. B. Zhu , Z. H. Peng , W. H. Cao , D. J. Cui , Ye Tian , G. H. Chen , D. N. Zheng , X. N. Jing , Li Lu , S. P. Zhao , Siyuan Han

We theoretically investigate the phase and voltage correlation dynamics, which includes both the deterministic contribution and stochastic fluctuations, under a current noise generated by a resistor including thermal and quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-07-27 Koichiro Furutani , Luca Salasnich

Dynamic states offer extended possibilities to control the properties of quantum matter. Recent efforts are focused on studying the ordered states which appear exclusively under the time-dependent drives. Here we demonstrate a class of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-10-05 I. V. Bobkova , A. M. Bobkov , M. A. Silaev

Asymmetric two-junction SQUIDs with different current-phase relations in the two Josephson junctions, involving higher Josephson harmonics, demonstrate a flux-tunable Josephson diode effect (asymmetry between currents flowing in the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-09-27 G. S. Seleznev , Ya. V. Fominov

We present an electronic circuit whose dynamical properties emulate those of a resistively and capacitively shunted Josephson junction (RCSJ). We show how it reproduces the switching properties of a shunted junction and its dependence on…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-12-01 Aeron McConnell , Sara Idris , Brian Opatosky , François Amet

We study a 0-$\pi$ dc superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) with asymmetric inductances and critical currents of the two Josephson junctions (JJs). By considering such a dc SQUID as a black box with two terminals, we calculate…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-18 E. Goldobin , D. Koelle , R. Kleiner

We present a microwave quantum refrigeration principle based on the Josephson effect. When a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) is pierced by a time-dependent magnetic flux, it induces changes in the macroscopic quantum…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-07-05 Paolo Solinas , Riccardo Bosisio , Francesco Giazotto

The effect of thermal fluctuations on the behaviuor of a 4-terminal SQUID is investigated. The studied system consists of the Josephson 4-terminal junction with two terminals short-circuited by a superconducting ring and other two form the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-25 R. de Bruyn Ouboter , A. N. Omelyanchouk
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