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Induction of orbital currents and Kapitza stabilization in superconducting circuits with Laguerre-Gaussian microwave beams

Hennadii Yerzhakov, Tien-Tien Yeh, Alexander Balatsky

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.110.144519 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We investigate the effects of a Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) beam on the superconducting state. We show that the vortex angular momentum of a LG beam affects the superconducting state and induces currents. The induction of the current by microwave radiation is illustrated on a Josephson loop and SQUID devices. In particular, we establish that coupling a dc SQUID to the ac magnetic flux of a LG beam can stabilize the π phase in the SQUID. This can happen via developing a global or local minimum in the effective potential at π. In the latter case, this happens via the Kapitza mechanism.

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Tl2Ba2Ca2Cu3O10

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