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arxiv: 1504.05858 · v2 · pith:UPJEKIQAnew · submitted 2015-04-22 · ❄️ cond-mat.supr-con

Tunable pmφ, φ₀ and φ₀pmφ Josephson junction

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keywords varphijosephsonfluxblackdomainmagneticphasequantum
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We study a 0-$\pi$ dc superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) with asymmetric inductances and critical currents of the two Josephson junctions (JJs). By considering such a dc SQUID as a black box with two terminals, we calculate its effective current-phase relation $I_s(\psi)$ and the Josephson energy $U(\psi)$, where $\psi$ is the Josephson phase across the terminals. We show that there is a domain of parameters where the black box has the properties of a $\varphi$ JJ with degenerate ground state phases $\psi=\pm\varphi$. The $\varphi$ domain is rather large, so one can easily construct a $\varphi$ JJ experimentally. We derive the current phase relation and show that it can be tuned \emph{in situ} by applying an external magnetic flux resulting in a continuous transition between the systems with static solutions $\psi=\pm\varphi$, $\psi=\varphi_0$ ($\varphi_0 \neq 0,\pi$) and even $\psi=\varphi_0\pm\varphi$. The dependence of $\varphi_0$ on applied magnetic flux is not $2\pi$ (one flux quantum) periodic.

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