Existence of Shapiro Steps in the Dissipative Regime in Superconducting Weak Links
Connor D. Shelly, Patrick See, Ivan Rungger, Jonathan M. Williams
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.13.024070 · Physical Review Applied
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Abstract
We present measurements of microwave-induced Shapiro steps in a superconducting nanobridge weak link in the dissipative branch of a hysteretic current-voltage characteristic. We demonstrate that Shapiro steps can be used to infer a reduced critical current and an associated local temperature. Our observation of Shapiro steps in the dissipative branch shows that a finite Josephson coupling exists in the dissipative state. Although the nanobridge is heated, our model shows that the temperature remains below the critical temperature. This work provides evidence that Josephson behavior can still exist in thermally hysteretic weak-link devices and will allow extension of the temperature range over which nanobridge-based single-flux-quantum circuits, micron-sized superconducting quantum interference devices (i.e., nanoSQUIDs), and Josephson voltage standards can be used.
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