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Quantum phase slips

Authors :
David B. Haviland
Source :
Nature Physics. 6:565-566
Publication Year :
2010
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2010.

Abstract

Coulomb interactions can cause a rapid change in the phase of the wavefunction along a very narrow superconducting system. Such a phase slip at the quantum level is now measured in a chain of Josephson junctions.

Subjects

Subjects :
Superconductivity
Josephson effect
Physics
Condensed matter physics
Condensed Matter::Superconductivity
Rapid single flux quantum
Phase (waves)
Coulomb
General Physics and Astronomy
Superconducting tunnel junction
Condensed Matter::Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall Effect
Superconducting quantum computing
Quantum

Details

ISSN :
17452481 and 17452473
Volume :
6
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nature Physics
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........38f141e42007fd9c6183813ef505aa5e
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys1747
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