Theory of two-dimensional macroscopic quantum tunneling in YBa2 Cu3 O7-δ Josephson junctions coupled to an LC circuit

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Kawabata, Shiro ^a,b,c   Bauch, Thilo ^b   Kato, Takeo ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 73049113959     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.174513     Document Type: Article

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