Abstract
The effects of thermal fluctuations on the dc Josephson effect in a junction of small capacitance are calculated using an analogy with the Brownian motion of a particle in a field of force. The results are presented in a form suitable for comparison with experiment.
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Josephson effectPhysicsPi Josephson junctionThermal fluctuationsCapacitanceThermalBrownian motionCondensed matter physicsNoise (video)VoltageSuperconductivityElectrodeQuantum mechanicsThermodynamics
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- 1969
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- 22
- Issue
- 25
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- 1364-1366
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- 1120
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Vinay Ambegaokar,
Bertrand I. Halperin
(1969).
Voltage Due to Thermal Noise in the dc Josephson Effect.
Physical Review Letters
, 22
(25)
, 1364-1366.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.22.1364
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- DOI
- 10.1103/physrevlett.22.1364