Abstract
We have fabricated small tunnel junctions with a variety of ratios of charging energy to Josephson coupling energy and measured their characteristics. For , the curve is resistive at all currents and the critical current is greatly reduced, in agreement with our theoretical estimates. As is further reduced by application of a magnetic field, we find a novel regime in which aspects of the Coulomb blockade of tunneling coexist with features typical of Josephson tunneling. At still higher magnetic fields, the junction becomes normal and shows the simple Coulomb blockade.
- Received 17 February 1988
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.60.2414
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