Exploration of a rich variety of breather modes in Josephson ladders

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Binder, P ^a   Ustinov, A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DAMPING; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GEOMETRY; PENDULUMS; ROTATION; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

CURRENT FLOW; JOSEPHSON LADDERS; PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ROTOBREATHERS;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES;

EID: 33646986132     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.016603     Document Type: Article

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