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Effects of level quantization on the supercurrent decay in Josephson junctions: The nonstationary case

P. Silvestrini, Yu. N. Ovchinnikov, R. Cristiano

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.41.7341 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

The effects of the presence of quantized energy levels in the problem of the (V=0)-state decay in Josephson junctions have been investigated. The analysis has been extended to the case of nonstationary conditions. As a result, the dependences of both the decay rate and the switching-current distribution on the bias current are strongly modified with respect to those obtained in stationary conditions. The investigation is carreid out for various working conditions and junction parameters.

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