Published April 28, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Bloch Inductance in Small-Capacitance Josephson Junctions

Creators

  • 1. Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig (Germany)

Description

We show that the electrical impedance of a small-capacitance Josephson junction also includes, in addition to the capacitive term -i/ωCB, an inductive term iωLB. Similar to the known Bloch capacitance CB(q), the Bloch inductance LB(q) also depends periodically on the quasicharge, q, and its maximum value achieved at q=e(mod 2e) always exceeds the value of the Josephson inductance of this junction LJ(φ) at fixed φ=0. The effect of the Bloch inductance on the dynamics of a single junction and a one-dimensional array is described

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
96
Journal Issue
16
Journal Page Range
p. 167001-167001.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37081372
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; INDUCTANCE; JOSEPHSON EFFECT; JOSEPHSON JUNCTIONS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; PERIODICITY
Descriptors DEC
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; IMPEDANCE; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SUPERCONDUCTING JUNCTIONS; VARIATIONS

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