Tuesday, August 21, 2012

1208.4057 (A. Lipman et al.)

Josephson junction with magnetic-field tunable current-phase relation    [PDF]

A. Lipman, R. G. Mints, R. Kleiner, D. Koelle, E. Goldobin
We consider a 0-$\pi$ Josephson junction consisting of asymmetric 0 and $\pi$ regions of different lengths $L_0$ and $L_\pi$ having different critical current densities $j_{c,0}$ and $j_{c,\pi}$. If both segments are rather short, the whole junction can be described by an \emph{effective} current-phase relation for the spatially averaged phase $\psi$, which includes the usual term $\propto\sin(\psi)$, a \emph{negative} second harmonic term $\propto\sin(2\psi)$ as well as the unusual term $\propto H \cos\psi$ tunable by magnetic field $H$. Thus one obtains an electronically tunable current-phase relation. At H=0 this corresponds to the $\varphi$ Josephson junction.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.4057

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