Phase Diffusion and Suppression of the Supercurrent by Quantum-Mechanical Fluctuations of the Josephson Plasma at Small Superconducting Point Contacts

Journal of Low Temperature Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 21-60

  Gloos, K ^a,b   Anders, F ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL PHYSICS OF SOLIDS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CAPACITANCE; CONTACT ANGLE; CRITICAL CURRENTS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; INDIUM; LEAD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMAS; QUANTUM THEORY;

JOSEPHSON PLASMA; METALLIC TUNNELING TRANSITION; PHASE DIFFUSION; PLASMA FREQUENCY; QUANTUM MECHANICAL FLUCTUATIONS; QUANTUM TUNNELING; SUPERCONDUCTING POINT CONTACTS; SUPERCURRENT;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 0033164665     PISSN: 00222291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1021874709355     Document Type: Article

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