Experimental Evaluation of the Intrinsic Dissipation from Energy-Level Quantization in Josephson Devices

Journal of Superconductivity

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 773-781

  Cosmelli, C ^a,b   Carelli, P ^b,c   Castellano, M G ^a,d   Chiarello, F ^a,b   Leoni, R ^a,d   Ruggiero, B ^e,f   Silvestrini, P ^e,f   Torrioli, G ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decoherence; Dissipation; Josephson devices; Macroscopic quantum coherence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038557499     PISSN: 08961107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007737110546     Document Type: Article

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