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TY - JOUR
T1 - Charge transport and Zener tunneling in small Josephson junctions with dissipation
AU - Kuzmin, L.
AU - Pashkin, Yu A.
AU - Golubev, D.
AU - Zaikin, A.
PY - 1996/1/1
Y1 - 1996/1/1
N2 - We have investigated a small-area Josephson tunnel junction in a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) geometry, biased through high-resistance thin-film leads. This configuration provides the necessary conditions for the observation of charging effects. The Josephson coupling energy (Formula presented) was varied by an external magnetic flux introduced into a SQUID loop. The current-voltage characteristics of the system were measured at low temperatures T∼80 mK and different values of (Formula presented). At a certain value of the current the Zener tunneling rate exceeds that of the dissipative relaxation and the system “jumps” from the lowest to higher Brillouin zones. This corresponds to a crossover on the I-V curve. The crossover current (Formula presented) was measured as a function of (Formula presented). Good agreement between our data and a theory of Zener tunneling with dissipation has been found.
AB - We have investigated a small-area Josephson tunnel junction in a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) geometry, biased through high-resistance thin-film leads. This configuration provides the necessary conditions for the observation of charging effects. The Josephson coupling energy (Formula presented) was varied by an external magnetic flux introduced into a SQUID loop. The current-voltage characteristics of the system were measured at low temperatures T∼80 mK and different values of (Formula presented). At a certain value of the current the Zener tunneling rate exceeds that of the dissipative relaxation and the system “jumps” from the lowest to higher Brillouin zones. This corresponds to a crossover on the I-V curve. The crossover current (Formula presented) was measured as a function of (Formula presented). Good agreement between our data and a theory of Zener tunneling with dissipation has been found.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.54.10074
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.54.10074
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:0001638957
VL - 54
SP - 10074
EP - 10080
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
SN - 1098-0121
IS - 14
ER -