Thermal activation above a dissipation barrier: Switching of a small josephson junction

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 3435-3438

  Vion, D ^a   Gotz M ^a,b   Joyez, P ^a   Esteve, D ^a   Devoret, M H ^a  

^a SERVICE DE PHYSIQUE DE L ETAT CONDENSÉ   (France)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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EID: 0001187482     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.3435     Document Type: Article

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