2009/08/20 by SHIRO KAWABATA, Shiro Kawabata, TAKEO KATO +5
Physics and Astronomy · #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Rare-earth and actinide compounds #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.supr-con #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s0217979209063481
published as Int. J. Mod. Phys. B 23 (2009) 4329 · 9 pages, 2 figures
openalex publication_date 2009/08/20 · arxiv created 2009/11/06 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We theoretically study classical thermal activation (TA) and macroscopic quantum tunneling (MQT) for a YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-δ ( YBCO ) Josephson junction coupled with an LC circuit. The TA and MQT escape rate are calculated by taking into account the two-dimensional nature of the classical and quantum phase dynamics. We find that the MQT escape rate is largely suppressed by the coupling to the LC circuit. On the other hand, this coupling leads to the slight reduction of the TA escape rate. These results are relevant for the interpretation of a recent experiment on the MQT and TA phenomena in YBCO bi-epitaxial Josephson junctions.