Generalized Josephson Junctions

Outline
1. Junctions with Resistive Channel 2. RCSJ Model 3. DC Current Drive Overdamped and Underdamped Junctions Return Current Dynamical Analysis 4. Pendulum Model
October 16, 2003
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Junctions with Resistive Channel

G(v) the resistive conductance

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Tunneling between two superconductors

Giaever Tunneling

S-I-S

G(v)

Josephson Tunneling

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Normal and Superconducting Analogy

Superconductor Superconducting Josephson Junction

LJ-1 Normal metal For a normal junction, the phase is constantly being driven back to zero so linearize near zero and add a damping time

for dc drive

for dc drive and

and

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ICRn Product
The condition Experimentally, is equivalent to

For Nb at 2K,

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Capacitance of a Josephson Junction

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Generalized Josephson Junction

and

Therefore,

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RCSJ Model
i

and

Therefore,

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DC Current drive in the RSCJ Model

and Therefore, The equation of motion can be rewritten as where

Josephson Time Constant

Stewart-McCumber Parameter
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Q2

Overdamped Junction c << 1

J >> RC

A. Static Solution:

B. Dynamical Solution for i > Ic

This is periodic with period

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Overdamped Junction c << 1

The time averaged voltage is

i/Ic
Use the voltage-phase relation,

<v>/(IcR) v(t)/IcR Therefore,

Non-hysteretic t
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Underdamped Junction c >> 1

RC >> J

A. Static Solution:

B. Dynamical Solution The phase changes quickly compared to RC, so the voltage is just from R and C. Therefore, <v(t)> i R Hysteretic
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Junction with arbitrary c

A. Static Solution: Return Current

B. Dynamical Solution

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Return Current
Energy Loss per cycle = Energy supplied by sourc

where V= IR and = 0 / (2 I R), therefore

So that

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Dynamical Analysis

where

and

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c = 4
i/IC C V() <V>/ICR V(t) (t) V()
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V(t) (t)

V(t) (t) V()

c =0.5
A B i/ICC A V(t) (t)

<V>/ICR V(t) B (t) V()

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C V(t) (t) V()

Pendulum Model for a Josephson Junction

+ Iapp Icsin R C mg app l

Single junction (RCSJ model) pendulum (damped) Coupled junctions can support non-linear excitations (breathers and moving vortices)
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Pendulum Model for a vortex

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