Realization of a Josephson Switch
Superconductivity
2013-10-03 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Abstract
It has been proposed that intermittent weak links between spontaneously broken symmetry systems can give rise to a novel type of time crystal. Here a practical construction is analyzed in greater detail. For a film-geometry Josephson junction, an applied magnetic field in the junction region can effectively switch on and off the supercurrent. By tuning experimental parameters, one can possibly let the free energy be arbitrarily close to the equilibrium without compromising the life time. A parallel construction for superfluid He is also proposed.
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@article{arxiv.1308.5950,
title = {Realization of a Josephson Switch},
author = {Zhaoxi Xiong},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.5950},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
4 pages, 4 figures. This version: important clarification made