Tailoring Josephson Coupling through Superconductivity-Induced Nonequilibrium

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School of Science | A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
Date
2004
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Language
en
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137001/1-4
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Physical Review Letters, Volume 92, Issue 13
Abstract
The distinctive quasiparticle distribution existing under nonequilibrium in a superconductor-insulator-normal metal-insulator-superconductor mesoscopic line is proposed as a novel tool to control the supercurrent intensity in a long Josephson weak link. We present a description of this system in the framework of the diffusive-limit quasiclassical Green-function theory and take into account the effects of inelastic scattering with arbitrary strength. Supercurrent enhancement and suppression, including a marked transition to a π junction, are striking features leading to a fully tunable structure.
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superconductivity, superconductors, Josephson coupling, nonequilibrium
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Giazotto, F. & Heikkilä, T. & Taddei, F. & Fazio, Rosario & Pekola, Jukka & Beltram, F. 2004. Tailoring Josephson Coupling through Superconductivity-Induced Nonequilibrium. Physical Review Letters. Volume 92, Issue 13. P. 137001/1-4. ISSN 0031-9007 (printed). DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.92.137001.