JOSEPHSON COUPLING MEDIATED BY QUANTUM DIFFUSION

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作者
FRYDMAN, A
OVADYAHU, Z
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[1] The Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
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10.1016/0038-1098(95)00227-8
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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We present results on the transport properties of Pb/I/Pb junctions, where I is either a-Ge or a-InO film. At helium temperatures, such structures sustain non-dissipative currents and exhibit systematic sub-gap I-V modulation. The data are consistent with the existence of a Josephson-coupling mechanism involving quantum mechanical coherent diffusion within the Anderson-insulating barrier.
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