We present a detailed characterization of the dynamic properties of proximity-coupled Josephson junctions in fabricated by electron-beam scribing. A full description of the low-temperature behavior includes nonequilibrium processes in the normal barrier as well as wide-junction effects resulting from the planar geometry. Above ∼40 K these junctions obey the standard (equilibrium) resistively-shunted junction (RSJ) model in applied magnetic field. At lower temperatures, the volt–ampere V(I) curves develop a temperature-dependent “excess critical current,” saturating at 0.5–0.75 of the total critical current. Below ∼10 K hysteresis is observed. The observed temperature dependence and magnitude of the excess current and hysteresis are qualitatively consistent with published calculations based on the time-dependent Ginzburg–Landau equations. At low temperatures, the V(I) curves in applied field deviate significantly from the RSJ model, which we attribute to wide-junction behavior with a nonuniform bias-current distribution.
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31 August 1998
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August 31 1998
Dynamic properties and nonequilibrium processes in electron-beam scribed Josephson junctions
B. A. Davidson;
B. A. Davidson
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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J. E. Nordman;
J. E. Nordman
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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B. M. Hinaus;
B. M. Hinaus
Department of Physics and Applied Superconductivity Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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M. S. Rzchowski;
M. S. Rzchowski
Department of Physics and Applied Superconductivity Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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K. Siangchaew;
K. Siangchaew
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030
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M. Libera
M. Libera
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030
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Appl. Phys. Lett. 73, 1290–1292 (1998)
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Received:
April 20 1998
Accepted:
June 30 1998
Citation
B. A. Davidson, J. E. Nordman, B. M. Hinaus, M. S. Rzchowski, K. Siangchaew, M. Libera; Dynamic properties and nonequilibrium processes in electron-beam scribed Josephson junctions. Appl. Phys. Lett. 31 August 1998; 73 (9): 1290–1292. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.122152
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