Manifestation of geometric effects in temperature behavior of AC magnetic response of Josephson Junction Arrays

Author(s)

Sergeenkov‚ S. ; Araujo-Moreira‚ FM

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: JETP LETTERS; v. 80, n. 9, p. 580-583, 2004.

Abstract

By improving the resolution of a homemade mutual-inductance measurement technique, a pronounced steplike structure (with the number of steps n = 4 for all ac fields) has been observed in the temperature dependence of ac susceptibility in artificially prepared two-dimensional Josephson junction arrays (2D-JJA) of unshunted Nb-A10(x)-Nb junctions with beta(L)(4.2 K) = 30. Using a single-plaquette approximation of the overdamped 2D-JJA model, we were able to successfully fit our data assuming that the steps are related to the geometric properties of the plaquette. The number of steps n corresponds to the number of flux quanta that can be screened by the maximum critical current of the junctions. The steps are predicted to manifest themselves in arrays with the inductance-related parameter beta(L)(T) matching a "quantization" condition beta(L)(0) = 2pi(n + 1). (C) 2004 MAIK "Nauka/Interperiodica". (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 03/00296-5 - Sergei Alexeiev Sergeenkov | Joint Institute for Nuclear Research - Russia
• Grantee: Fernando Manuel Araújo Moreira
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International