DIRECT OBSERVATION OF VORTEX DYNAMICS IN 2-DIMENSIONAL JOSEPHSON-JUNCTION ARRAYS

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作者
DODERER, T [1 ]
LACHENMANN, SG [1 ]
HUEBENER, RP [1 ]
BOOI, PAA [1 ]
BENZ, SP [1 ]
机构
[1] NATL INST STAND & TECHNOL,BOULDER,CO 80303
关键词
549.3; Others; including Bismuth; Boron; Cadmium; Cobalt; Mercury; Niobium; Selenium; Silicon; Tellurium and Zirconium - 701.1 Electricity: Basic Concepts and Phenomena - 701.2 Magnetism: Basic Concepts and Phenomena - 708.3 Superconducting Materials - 741.1 Light/Optics - 804.2 Inorganic Compounds;
D O I
10.1109/77.403153
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Spatially resolved images of the dynamic states of current-biased overdamped two-dimensional arrays of Nb/AlOx/Nb Josephson junctions were obtained using low-temperature scanning electron microscopy. We present two-dimensional imaging results describing various vortex dynamic regimes in zero applied magnetic field. The nucleation of current-induced vortices at the array boundaries and their subsequent motion into the array interior are observed for bias currents slightly above the array critical current. With increasing bias current, vortex-vortex interaction becomes important. Discussions on the coherent microwave radiation emission are presented.
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