Title
Universal resistance capacitance crossover in current-voltage characteristics for unshunted array of overdamped Nb- AlO<inf>x</inf>-Nb Josephson junctions
Date Issued
01 May 2010
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidad Federal de Sao Carlos
Abstract
We report on some unusual behavior of the measured current-voltage characteristics (CVC) in artificially prepared two-dimensional unshunted array of overdamped Nb- AlOx -Nb Josephson junctions. The obtained nonlinear CVC are found to exhibit a pronounced (and practically temperature independent) crossover at some current Icr = (1/2 ΒC-1) I C from a resistance R dominated state with VR =R I 2 - IC2 below Icr to a capacitance C dominated state with VC = /4eC I-IC above Icr. The origin of the observed behavior is discussed within a single-plaquette approximation assuming the conventional resistively shunted junction model with a finite capacitance and the Ambegaokar-Baratoff relation for the critical current of the single junction. © 2010 American Institute of Physics.
Volume
107
Issue
9
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Termodinámica
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-79251489774
Source
Journal of Applied Physics
ISSN of the container
00218979
Sponsor(s)
We are indebted to R. S. Newrock, P. Barbara and C. J. Lobb for helpful discussions and for providing SIS samples. This work has been financially supported by the Brazilian agencies CNPq, CAPES, and FAPESP.
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