1995/02/24 by Italo Marino, Marino, Italo
Physics and Astronomy · #Condensed Matter (cond-mat) #FOS: Physical sciences #cond-mat
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/9502101
23 pages, plain TEX file, 6 figures available upon request.
arxiv created 1995/02/24 · arxiv updated 2016/08/31
We study two-dimensional frustrated Josephson arrays driven by a combined DC plus AC current. We propose \it ansatz solutions that are a generalization of the solutions obtained in the DC case by Marino and Halsey (PRB \bf 50, 6289 (1994)). Using these solutions we derive expressions for the Shapiro step widths for f=1/2 and f=1/3 for the first few winding numbers. We show that the qualitative difference in the behaviors of the fractional and integer steps is related to the relative size of the vertical supercurrent with respect to the normal current.