Zener enhancement of quantum tunneling in a two-level superconducting circuit

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Ithier, G ^a   Collin, E ^a   Joyez, P ^a   Vion, D ^a   Esteve, D ^a   Ankerhold, J ^a,b   Grabert, H ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPER PAIR BOX (CPB); MACROSCOPIC QUANTUM TUNNELING (MQT); QUANTUM TUNNELING; TWO-LEVEL SUPERCONDUCTING CIRCUIT;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; HAMILTONIANS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

ZENER EFFECT;

EID: 18144421885     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.057004     Document Type: Article

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