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Charge formations on superconducting layers and creation of the longitudinal plasma wave in the stack of intrinsic Josephson junctions change crucially the superconducting current through the stack. Investigation of the correlations of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-04-22 Yu. M. Shukrinov , M. Hamdipour , M. R. Kolahchi

In this study, we explore the Josephson current-phase relation within a planar diffuse tunneling superconducting multilayer junction subjected to a parallel magnetic field. Our investigation involves computing the supercurrent associated…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-06-19 A. S. Osin , Alex Levchenko , Maxim Khodas

The $4\pi$ Josephson Effect is a distinguishing feature of a topological Josephson junction. However, stringent conditions make it hard to observe in experiments. Here we numerically study the transient transport properties in a topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-02-07 Dihao Sun , Jie Liu

When a Josephson junction is exposed to microwave radiation, it undergoes the inverse AC Josephson effect - the phase of the junction locks to the drive frequency. As a result, the I-V curves of the junction acquire "Shapiro steps" of…

A quantum mechanical analysis of the Josephson phase escape in the presence of both dc and ac bias currents is presented. We find that the potential barrier for the escape of the phase is effectively suppressed as the resonant condition…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 M. V. Fistul , A. Wallraff , A. V. Ustinov

Motivated by recent pump-probe experiments indicating enhanced coherent $c$-axis transport in underdoped YBCO, we study Josephson junctions periodically driven by optical pulses. We propose a mechanism for this observation by demonstrating…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-05-11 Jun-ichi Okamoto , Andrea Cavalleri , Ludwig Mathey

Current-biased Josephson junctions exhibit hysteretic transitions between dissipative and superconducting states as characterized by switching and retrapping currents. Here, we develop a theory for diode-like effects in the switching and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-01-11 Jacob F. Steiner , Larissa Melischek , Martina Trahms , Katharina J. Franke , Felix von Oppen

We simulate the current-voltage relation of short layered superconductors, which we model as stacks of capacitively coupled Josephson junctions. The system is driven by external laser fields, in order to optically control the voltage drop…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-10-30 Frank Schlawin , Anastasia S. D. Dietrich , Dieter Jaksch

Josephson current of spin-entangled electrons through the two branches of a SQUID-like structure with two quantum dots exhibits a magnetic-flux response different from the conventional Josephson current. Due to their interference, the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-11-15 Zhi Wang , Xiao Hu

Josephson junctions enable dissipation-less electrical current through metals and insulators below a critical current. Despite being central to quantum technology based on superconducting quantum bits and fundamental research into…

The physics of a single Josephson junction coupled to a resistive environment is a long-standing fundamental problem at the center of an intense debate, strongly revived by the advent of superconducting platforms with high-impedance…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-22 Luca Giacomelli , Cristiano Ciuti

Josephson junctions made from aluminium and its oxide are the most commonly used functional elements for superconducting circuits and qubits. It is generally known that the disordered thin-film AlOx contains atomic tunneling systems.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-05-30 Saskia M. Meißner , Arnold Seiler , Jürgen Lisenfeld , Alexey V. Ustinov , Georg Weiss

We show that a system of Josephson junctions coupled via low-resistance tunneling contacts to graphene substrate(s) may effectively operate as a current switching device. The effect is based on the dissipation-driven…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 Roman M. Lutchyn , Victor Galitski , Gil Refael , S. Das Sarma

Huang's experiment [Phys. Rev. Lett. $\bf 109$, 156802 (2012)] found, in the quantum Hall bilayer of the Corbino geometry, the interlayer tunneling currents at two edges are coupled to each other and one of two tunneling currents is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-02-10 Ya-Fen Hsu , Jung-Jung Su

We derive, via fourth order perturbation theory, an expression for the Josephson current through a gated interacting quantum dot. We analyze our expression for two different models of the superconductor-dot-superconductor (SDS) system. When…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. V. Rozhkov , D. P. Arovas , F. Guinea

A microscopic model of a Josephson junction between two superconducting plates is proposed and analysed. For this model, the nonequilibrium steady state of the total system is explicitly constructed and its properties are analysed. In…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Lauwers , A. Verbeure

The properties of Josephson junction including a ferromagnetic insulating layer are studied theoretically. The calculated current shows the anomalous dependence on the magnitude of the exchange interaction at the interface. The Josephson…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 Masashi Yamashiro , Nobukatsu Yoshida , Yukio Tanaka , Satoshi Kashiwaya

The Josephson plasma resonance in layered superconductors with alternating critical current densities is investigated in a low perpendicular magnetic field. In the vortex solid phase the current densities and the squared bare plasma…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 L. N. Bulaevskii , Ch. Helm

We investigate stationary charge imbalance effect in the system of coupled overdamped Josephson junctions. We show that coupling between junction and nonzero stationary charge imbalance in the resistive state bring to a decrease of the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-01-08 K. V. Kulikov , M. Nashaat , Yu. M. Shukrinov

The Josephson effect is a prominent phenomenon of quantum supercurrents that has been widely studied in superconductors and superfluids. Typical Josephson junctions consist of two real-space superconductors (superfluids) coupled through a…