固有ジョセフソン接合におけるスイッチングダイナミクスに関する論文がSuperconductor Science and Technology誌に掲載されました。
Y. Nomura, R. Okamoto, and I. Kakeya,
“Negative correlation between enhanced crossover temperature and fluctuation-free critical current of the second switch in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O intrinsic Josephson junction”,
Supercond. Sci. Technol., 30 105001(2017).
We have investigated the switching dynamics of the first and second switches in intrinsic Josephson junctions (IJJs) of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O with different maximum Josephson current density Jc to reveal the doping evolution of interaction between IJJs. For the second switch, the crossover temperature between temperature-independent switching similar to quantum tunneling and thermally activated switching is remarkably higher than that for the first switch. Moreover, slightly decreases with increasing Jc, which violates the conventional relation between the crossover temperature and the critical current density. These features can be explained not by a change in the Josephson coupling energy but by a change in the charging energy of the Josephson junction. We argue that the capacitive coupling model explains the increase in the fluctuation in the quantum regime of the second switch and the anti-correlation between and Jc. Furthermore, inductive coupling does not contribute to these peculiar phenomena in the switching dynamics of stacked IJJs.
“Emission of coherent terahertz electromagnetic wave from intrinsic Josephson junctions of high-temperature superconductors: progress and perspective”
と題した講演で、高温超伝導体を基盤としたテラヘルツ光源にかんするこれまでの進展と将来の展望について1時間余りの講演をさせていただきました。