Calculation of giant fractional Shapiro steps in Josephson-junction arrays
- 19 February 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 64 (8) , 962-965
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.64.962
Abstract
We calculate the rsponse of an N×N array of resistively shunted Josephson junctions to an imposed current I=+sin(2πνt). In a transverse dc magnetic field of p/q==f flux quanta per plaquette of area, we find fractional giant Shapiro steps in the time-averaged voltage 〈V〉 at values 〈V〉=nNhν/2eq, n=1,2,3,..., in agreement with the measurements of Benz et al. At f=1/5, 2/5, and 1/3, we find additional fractional steps at 〈V〉=Nhν/(4e). A generalization of the model of Benz et al. accounts for both the fractional giant steps at p/q and the anomalous half-integer steps.
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