Theory for Photon-Assisted Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling in a Stack of Intrinsic Josephson Junctions

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2006-05-16

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0605404v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

5 pages, 2 figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.physc.2007.05.008

We propose a theory for photon-assisted macroscopic quantum tunneling (MQT) in a stack of capacitively-coupled intrinsic Josephson junctions in which the longitudinal Josephson plasma, i.e., longitudinal collective phase oscillation modes, is excited. The scheme of energy-level quantization in the collective oscillatory states is clarified in the $N$-junction system. When the MQT occurs from the single-plasmon states excited by microwave irradiation in the multi-photon process to the uniform voltage state, our theory predicts that the escape rate is proportional to $N^2$. This result is consistent with the recent observation in Bi-2212 intrinsic Josephson junctions.

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