Effect of zero point phase fluctuations on Josephson tunneling

Citation
Gl. Ingold et H. Grabert, Effect of zero point phase fluctuations on Josephson tunneling, PHYS REV L, 83(18), 1999, pp. 3721-3724
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
83
Issue
18
Year of publication
1999
Pages
3721 - 3724
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(19991101)83:18<3721:EOZPPF>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
In the presence of phase fluctuations the de Josephson effect is modified a nd the supercurrent at zero voltage is replaced by a peak at small but fini te voltages, it is shown that at zero temperature this peak is determined b y two complementary expansions of finite radius of convergence. The leading order expressions are related to results known from the regimes of Coulomb blockade and of macroscopic quantum tunneling. The peak positions and the suppression of the critical current by quantum fluctuations are discussed.