Dynamics of a fluxon in a long Josephson junction with a periodic lattice of inhomogeneities

Journal Article · Mon Oct 31 23:00:00 EST 1988 · Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.38.9242· OSTI ID:7081170

Malomed, B A

A model of a damped dc-driven long Josephson junction (LJJ) with periodically installed microresistors or microshorts (microshunts), or crossed by a periodic chain of Abrikosov vortices, is considered. A maximum value of the bias current density admitting pinned states of a fluxon and a minimum value admitting free motion of fluxon are found, the latter being an important generalization of the well-known result of McLaughlin and Scott. For LJJ's with a sinusoidal profile of the inhomogeneity, a current-voltage characteristic is obtained in an explicit form.

• Research Organization: P. P. Shirshov Institute for Oceanology of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, 23 Krasikov Street, Moscow, 117218, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• OSTI ID: 7081170
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States) Vol. 38:13; ISSN PRBMD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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