Switching Dynamics of Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+δ}$ Intrinsic Josephson junctions: Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling and Self-Heating Effect

Details Switching Dynamics of Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+δ}$ Intrinsic Josephson junctions: Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling and Self-Heating Effect Switching Dynamics of Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+δ}$ Intrinsic Josephson junctions: Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling and Self-Heating Effect

2006-09-24

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0609615v2

J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 77, 104708 (2008)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

10pages, 7figures, will be published for Journal of the Physical Society of Japan (JPSJ)

Scientific paper

10.1143/JPSJ.77.104708

The switching dynamics of current-biased Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+\delta}$ intrinsic Josephson junctions (IJJs) was studied to clarify the effect of d-wave superconductivity and the stack structure on the switching properties. High quality IJJs were fabricated, and then the temperature dependence of the switching probability distribution was measured for the first and second switchings. Although the standard deviation of the distribution detected for both switchings showed similar saturation characteristics with decreasing temperature, the temperature at saturation was about 13 times higher for the second switching than for the first switching. The properties of the first switching can be explained in terms of a conventional underdamped JJ, that is, macroscopic quantum tunneling below the crossover temperature, and thermal activation with quality factor of 70$\pm$20 above the crossover temperature. In contrast, the relatively higher effective temperature for the second switching evaluated from the switching probability distribution suggests a dominant thermal activation process under the influence of the self-heating effect even at sufficiently low temperature.

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