Dynamics of a LC shunted YBa2Cu3O7-δ Josephson junction

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 653-658

  Lombardi, Floriana ^a   Bauch, Thilo ^a   Rotoli, Giacomo ^b   Lindström, Tobias ^a,c   Johannson, Jesper ^a   Cedergren, Karin ^a   Tafuri, Francesco ^d   Claeson, Tord ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

High temperature superconductors; Josephson junctions; Resonance; Superconducting devices

Indexed keywords

BIAS CURRENTS; CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; GROUND STATE; INDUCTANCE; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

BIAS CURRENT DEPENDENCE; CRITICAL TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; ENERGY LEVEL SEPARATION; SHUNT CAPACITANCE;

JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES;

EID: 34547486974     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2007.898246     Document Type: Conference Paper

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