Low-frequency boundary of the strongly chaotic regime of an RF-driven Josephson junction

Journal Article · Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985 · Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.32.4796· OSTI ID:5261339

Vanneste, C; Chi, C C; Cronemeyer, D C

The I-V curves of RF-driven underdamped Josephson junctions have been studied in detail both experimentally and numerically. Very large negatively going tails on top of Shapiro steps in the intermediate-dc-current range and smaller wiggling distortions in the lower-dc-current range are observed for RF frequencies obeying 0.2/RC< or approx. =..omega..< or approx. =0.4/RC. It is shown that this range is along the low-frequency boundary of the strongly chaotic regime. A physical description is presented to explain successfully the complete I-V curves and the origin of chaos.

• Research Organization: IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598
• OSTI ID: 5261339
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States) Vol. 32:7; ISSN PRBMD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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