Fundamentals and frontiers of the Josephson Effect. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Francesco Tafuri, editor.
• Other Names: Tafuri, Francesco
• Contents: Intro; Preface; General References; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Acronyms; Symbols; 1 Introductory Notes on the Josephson Effect: Main Concepts and Phenomenology; 1.1 A Brief Historical Survey on the Materials Used for the Realization of Superconducting Junctions; 1.2 The Coupling Between Macroscopic Quantum Systems and the Equations of the Josephson Effect; 1.2.1 Josephson Equations in the Tunnel Limit; 1.2.2 Different Types of Josephson Junctions Other than Tunnel; 1.3 The Tunneling Hamiltonian and the Scattering Formalism 1.3.1 Expression for the Total Current in the Tunneling Hamiltonian Formalism1.3.2 Conductance in a Tunnel Junction; 1.3.3 From the Tunneling Transfer Hamiltonian to the Scattering Formalism; 1.3.4 Andreev Reflection; 1.3.5 Josephson Effect Derived from Quasi-particle Andreev Bound States; 1.4 Current-Voltage (I-V) Characteristics: From Microscopic Theory to the Resistively Shunted Junction Model; 1.4.1 I-V: Notes on the Resistively Shunted Junction Model; 1.5 Temperature Dependence of Ic Rn and of the I-V characteristics; 1.5.1 Temperature Dependence of Ic in the Tunnel Limit 1.5.2 Temperature Dependence of Ic Other than the Tunnel Limit1.6 Magnetic Field Effects; 1.7 Electrodynamics of the Josephson Junction; 1.8 Material and Nano Science Open Novel Routes for the Fabrication of Josephson Junctions; 1.8.1 Low Temperature Josephson Junctions; 1.8.2 High Temperature Josephson Junctions; 1.8.3 Hybrid Junctions; References; 2 Josephson Devices as Tests of Quantum Mechanics Towards the Everyday Level; 2.1 Background; 2.2 Early History; 2.3 Consolidation: Work on MQT in the Early 80s; 2.4 Progress Towards MQC: 1981-1999; 2.5 The Modern Era: Josephson Qubits 2.6 Where Do We Stand?References; 3 Basic Properties of the Josephson Effect; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Basic Features and Fundamental Relations; 3.3 Josephson Effect in Basic Types of Junctions; 3.4 SNS Junctions; 3.4.1 Dirty Limit; 3.4.2 Clean SNS Junctions; 3.5 Double Barrier SINIS Junctions; 3.5.1 SINIS Junctions, Clean Limit; 3.5.2 SINIS Junctions, Dirty Limit; 3.6 SFS Josephson Junctions; 3.6.1 Proximity Effect in SF Bilayer; 3.7 CPR in SFS Junctions; 3.7.1 -Junctions; 3.7.2 0-Junctions; 3.7.3 CPR in Serial SIsFS and SFsFS Junctions; References 4 Charge Transport in Unconventional Superconductor Junctions4.1 Topological Superconductivity; 4.1.1 Pair Potential; 4.1.2 Topological Number and Surface Bound States; 4.1.3 Tunnel Conductance; 4.1.4 Josephson Current; 4.2 Proximity Effect in a Dirty Normal Metal; 4.2.1 Conductance of a Dirty NS Junction; 4.2.2 Josephson Effect in a Dirty SNS Junction; 4.3 Remark: Odd-Frequency Cooper Pair and Majorana Fermion; References; 5 Mesoscopic Features in Nanoscale Superconducting Devices; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Proximity in Macroscopic Systems; 5.2.1 Free Energy of the Isolated Superconductor
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (884 pages)
• Subjects: 530.4/16; Josephson effect; Josephson effect; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030207267; 3030207269
• Related ISBNs: 9783030207243
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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