Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2005-01-17
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
4 pages, 3 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.247002
We have investigated the dynamics of underdamped Josephson junctions. In addition to the usual crossover between macroscopic quantum tunnelling and thermally activated (TA) behaviour we observe in our samples with relatively small Josephson coupling E_J, for the first time, the transition from TA behaviour to underdamped phase diffusion. Above the crossover temperature the threshold for switching into the finite voltage state becomes extremely sharp. We propose a (T,E_J) phase-diagram with various regimes and show that for a proper description of it dissipation and level quantization in a metastable well are crucial.
Buisson Olivier
Claudon Julien
Hekking Frank W. J.
Kivioja Jani M.
Nieminen T. E.
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