Small-number arrays of intrinsic Josephson junctions
Journal article, 2008

Arrays of nanometre-thick Bi2212-intrinsic Josephson junctions (IJJ's) are studied in various geometries. The samples with only a few IJJ's allow for the intrinsic-tunnelling spectroscopy with minimum of Joule heating. The reproducible low-voltage peaks of the spectra probably stem from a superconducting gap which is half the usual size. We estimate the internal temperature in the IJJ stacks and analyze the importance of the self-heating for the macroscopic-quantum-tunnel ling experiments involving IJJ's.

Author

Avgust Yurgens

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Quantum Device Physics

Mattias Torstensson

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Quantum Device Physics

Lixing You

Chalmers

Thilo Bauch

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Quantum Device Physics

Dag Winkler

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Quantum Device Physics

Itsuhiro Kakeya

University of Tsukuba

Kazuo Kadowaki

University of Tsukuba

Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications

0921-4534 (ISSN)

Vol. 468 7-10 674-678

Subject Categories

Condensed Matter Physics

DOI

10.1016/j.physc.2007.11.052

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9/10/2018