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We propose to characterize L\'evy-distributed stochastic fluctuations through the measurement of the average voltage drop across a current-biased Josephson junction. We show that the noise induced switching process in the Josephson…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-08 Claudio Guarcello , Giovanni Filatrella , Bernardo Spagnolo , Vincenzo Pierro , Davide Valenti

We propose a threshold detector for L\'evy distributed fluctuations based on a Josephson junction. The L\'evy noise current added to a linearly ramped bias current results in clear changes in the distribution of switching currents out of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-25 Claudio Guarcello , Davide Valenti , Bernardo Spagnolo , Vincenzo Pierro , Giovanni Filatrella

We numerically investigate the generation of solitons in current-biased long Josephson junctions in relation to the superconducting lifetime and the voltage drop across the device. The dynamics of the junction is modelled with a sine-Gordon…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-06-06 Claudio Guarcello , Davide Valenti , Angelo Carollo , Bernardo Spagnolo

We investigate the superconducting lifetime of long current-biased Josephson junctions, in the presence of Gaussian and non-Gaussian noise sources. In particular, we analyze the dynamics of a Josephson junction as a function of the noise…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-22 Davide Valenti , Claudio Guarcello , Bernardo Spagnolo

We explore the effect of noise on the ballistic graphene-based small Josephson junctions in the framework of the resistively and capacitively shunted model. We use the non-sinusoidal current-phase relation specific for graphene layers…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-07 Claudio Guarcello , Davide Valenti , Bernardo Spagnolo , Vincenzo Pierro , Giovanni Filatrella

We present the analysis of the mean switching time and its standard deviation of short overdamped Josephson junctions, driven by a direct current and a periodic signal. The effect of noise enhanced stability is investigated. It is shown…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-13 Anna V. Gordeeva , Andrey L. Pankratov , Bernardo Spagnolo

We study the transient statistical properties of short and long Josephson junctions under the influence of thermal and correlated fluctuations. In particular, we investigate the lifetime of the superconductive metastable state finding the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-13 Giuseppe Augello , Davide Valenti , Andrey L. Pankratov , Bernardo Spagnolo

L\'evy noise influences diverse non-equilibrium systems across scales, including quantum devices, active biological matter, and financial markets. While such noise is pervasive, its overall impact on activated transitions between metastable…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-11-25 Shenglan Yuan

Many-body and complex systems, both classical and quantum, often exhibit slow, nonlinear relaxation toward stationary states due to the presence of metastable configurations and environmental fluctuations. Nonlinear relaxation in a wide…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-02-02 Claudio Guarcello , Alexander A. Dubkov , Davide Valenti , Bernardo Spagnolo

In this work we study by numerical methods the phase dynamics in ballistic graphene-based short Josephson junctions. The supercurrent through a graphene junction shows a non-sinusoidal phase-dependence, unlike a conventional junction ruled…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-12-09 Claudio Guarcello , Davide Valenti , Bernardo Spagnolo

Gene transcriptional regulatory is an inherently noisy process. In this paper, the study of fluctuations in a gene transcriptional regulatory system is extended to the case of L\'evy noise, a kind of non-Gaussian noises which can describe…

Biological Physics · Physics 2013-09-06 Yong Xu , Jing Feng , JuanJuan Li , Huiqing Zhang

This paper numerically investigates the mean first passage time (MFPT) and phase transition of a bistable Duffing system driven by L\'evy stable noise, which can reduce to the common Gaussian noise with the stability index 2. We obtain the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2013-09-06 Yong Xu , Juanjuan Li , Jing Feng

Fluctuations of the current through a tunnel junction are measured using a Josephson junction. The current noise adds to the bias current of the Josephson junction and affects its switching out of the supercurrent branch. The experiment is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-02-17 Q. Le Masne , H. Pothier , Norman O. Birge , C. Urbina , D. Esteve

I study the dynamics of a Josephson junction serving as a threshold detector of fluctuations which is subjected to a general non-equilibrium electronic noise source whose characteristics is to be determined by the junction. This…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-06-04 Tomas Novotny

A standard approach to analysis of noise-induced effects in stochastic dynamics assumes a Gaussian character of the noise term describing interaction of the analyzed system with its complex surroundings. An additional assumption about the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-05-06 Bartlomiej Dybiec , Ewa Gudowska-Nowak

The intrinsic nonlinearity of Josephson junctions converts Gaussian current noise in the input into non-Gaussian voltage noise in the output. For a resistively shunted Josephson junction with white input noise we determine numerically…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-18 D. S. Golubev , M. Marthaler , Y. Utsumi , Gerd Schon

In this Chapter we investigate with the methods of signal detection the response of a Josephson junction to a perturbation to decide if the perturbation contains a coherent oscillation embedded in the background noise. When a Josephson…

Optics · Physics 2014-03-28 P. Addesso , G. Filatrella , V. Pierro

This paper enhances the classical Solow model of economic growth by integrating L\'evy noise, a type of non-Gaussian stochastic perturbation, to capture the inherent uncertainties in economic systems. The extended model examines the impact…

General Economics · Economics 2026-02-03 Almaz Abebe , Shenglan Yuanb , Daniel Tesfay , James Brannan

Quantum fluctuations in a current biased Josephson junction, described in terms of the RCSJ-model, are considered. The fluctuations of the voltage and phase across the junction are assumed to be initiated by equilibrium current fluctuations…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 Y. Levinson

I present a theoretical study of current-voltage characteristics ($I$-$V$ curves ) of small Josephson junctions. In the limit of a small Josephson coupling energy $E_J \ll k_B T$ the thermal fluctuations result in a stochastic dependence of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-05-09 Mikhail V. Fistul
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