Macroscopic quantum tunneling in multigap superconducting Josephson junctions: Enhancement of escape rate via quantum fluctuations of the Josephson-Leggett mode

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Ota, Yukihiro ^a,c   Machida, Masahiko ^a,c   Koyama, Tomio ^b,c  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 79961111095     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.060503     Document Type: Article

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