TOPOLOGICAL INVARIANCE OF SUPERCONDUCTING ARRAYS

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作者
CHOI, MY [1 ]
机构
[1] SEOUL NATL UNIV,CTR THEORET PHYS,SEOUL 151742,SOUTH KOREA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1992年 / 46卷 / 01期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.46.564
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T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
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We study in an analytical way the response of a Josephson-junction array to an alternating applied current. From the dynamic equation governing the time evolution of the system, an effective Hamiltonian describing the low-temperature stationary state is obtained. The quantized voltage steps are then shown to result from topological invariance of the system. The relevance of boundary conditions and ground-state degeneracies is also discussed.
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页码:564 / 566
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