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Quasiparticle effects in quantum-induced transitions in superconductors

Jungzae Choi, Jorge V. José

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.1904 · Physical Review Letters

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Abstract

The effects of quasi-particle tunneling in the long-range properties of an array of ultrasmall Josephson junctions, with a transverse magnetic field, is studied in two dimensions via extensive quantum Monte Carlo simulations. It is found that quasi-particle tunneling suppresses the zero-point quantum-fluctuation effects in the arrays, as well as triggering a discontinuous transition between the low-temperature metastable phase to the stable high-temperature superconducting phase.

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