Quantum tunneling of semifluxons

Details Quantum tunneling of semifluxons Quantum tunneling of semifluxons

2005-04-20

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0504507v1

Phys. Rev. B. 72, 054527 (2005)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

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Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.72.054527

We consider a system of two semifluxons of opposite polarity in a 0-pi-0 long Josephson junction, which classically can be in one of two degenerate states: up-down or down-up. When the distance $a$ between the 0-pi boundaries (semifluxon's centers) is a bit larger than the crossover distance $a_c$, the system can switch from one state to the other due to thermal fluctuations or quantum tunneling. We map this problem to the dynamics of a single particle in a double well potential and estimate parameters for which quantum effects emerge. We also determine the classical-to-quantum crossover temperature as well as the tunneling rate (energy level splitting) between the states up-down and down-up.

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