On the origin of fractional Shapiro steps in systems of Josephson junctions with few degrees of freedom

Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL.3, 2008, Pages 407-416

  Valizadeh, A ^a   Kolahchi, M R ^a   Straley, J P ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN BASIC SCIENCES IASBS   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 55549136434     PISSN: 14029251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2991/jnmp.2008.15.s3.39     Document Type: Conference Paper

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