Reentrance Effect in Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling and Nonadiabatic Josephson Dynamics in d-Wave Junctions
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2010

We develop a theoretical description of nonadiabatic Josephson dynamics in superconducting junctions containing low energy quasiparticles. Within this approach we investigate the effects of midgap states in junctions of unconventional d-wave superconductors. We identify a reentrance effect in the transition between thermal activation and macroscopic quantum tunneling, and connect this phenomenon to the experimental observations in Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 087003 (2005). It is also shown that nonlinear Josephson dynamics can be defined by resonant interaction with midgap states reminiscent of nonlinear optical phenomena in media of two-level atoms.

symmetry

bits

bound-states

unconventional superconductors

Författare

Jens Harro Michelsen

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Tillämpad kvantfysik

Vitaly Shumeiko

Chalmers, Mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Tillämpad kvantfysik

Physical Review Letters

0031-9007 (ISSN) 1079-7114 (eISSN)

Vol. 105 12 127001-

Styrkeområden

Nanovetenskap och nanoteknik (SO 2010-2017, EI 2018-)

Materialvetenskap

Fundament

Grundläggande vetenskaper

Ämneskategorier

Den kondenserade materiens fysik

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.127001

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Skapat

2017-10-07