Dressed fluxon in a Josephson window junction

Jean Guy Caputo, Nikos Flytzanis, and Michel Devoret
Phys. Rev. B 50, 6471 – Published 1 September 1994
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Abstract

The static fluxon solutions of a Josephson window junction have been studied numerically. We show that the effect of the idle region surrounding the junction is to ‘‘dress’’ the fluxon causing its energy to increase. This effect can be predicted accurately by a simple model.

  • Received 6 April 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.50.6471

©1994 American Physical Society

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Jean Guy Caputo

  • Laboratoire de Mathématiques, Institut National de Sciences Appliquées, BP8, F-76131 Mont-Saint-Aignan, Cedex, France

Nikos Flytzanis

  • Physics Department, University of Crete, GR-71409 Iraklion, Crete, Greece

Michel Devoret

  • Service de Physique de l’Etat Condensé, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France

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Vol. 50, Iss. 9 — 1 September 1994

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