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Phase fluctuations in Josephson junctions

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States)
Thermal excitation and zero-point motion bring about fluctuations in the gauge-invariant phase coupling across Josephson junctions. These fluctuations are studied in a simple picture incorporating both the resistively shunted junction (RSJ) model and the Ambegaokar-Baratoff theory. A diagram of the parameter space of a junction de- lineating a boundary between the phase-coupled and phase-decoupled regimes is obtained. Estimates of the root-mean-square voltage fluctuations justify the use of the normal-state tunneling resistance rather than the temperature-dependent quasiparticle tunneling resistance in the RSJ model at the boundary.
Research Organization:
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598
OSTI ID:
5077884
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States) Vol. 34:5; ISSN PRBMD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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