Shapiro steps in the fluxon motion in superconductors
- 1 October 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 46 (13) , 8416-8420
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.46.8416
Abstract
A method for studying the fluxon motion in superconductors is suggested based on so-called Shapiro steps in the current-voltage characteristics. These are similar to ones that appear in Josephson junctions. A knowledge of the properties of Shapiro steps would provide important information on the properties of fluxons. An exact, nonperturbative calculation of the sizes of Shapiro steps is given for a periodic field having the form of a symmetric pulse.Keywords
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