arXivDaily arXiv每日学术速递 周一至周五更新
北美退伍军人节(Veterans Day),12 日无更新
arXiv 1405.6014cond-mat.supr-con
收藏

多带超导约瑟夫森结中约瑟夫森-莱格特集体激发宏观量子隧穿理论

Theory of macroscopic quantum tunneling with Josephson-Leggett collective excitations in multi-band superconducting Josephson junctions

Hidehiro Asai, Yukihiro Ota, Shiro Kawabata, Masahiko Machida, Franco Nori

摘要:

集体激发揭示了超导态的基本性质和潜在应用。本文从理论上研究了多带超导体组成的约瑟夫森结中的宏观量子隧穿(MQT),重点研究了由带间涨落引起的相位模:约瑟夫森-莱格特(JL)集体激发模。利用时间路径积分方法,我们推导出低温开关事件的MQT逃逸率公式。我们阐明了JL模对MQT有两个主要的影响:(i)零点涨落增强了逃逸率,(ii)由与规范不变相位差耦合引起的量子耗散抑制了量子隧穿。我们发现,增强超过了抑制的结参数范围很广。这种增强源于隧道变量和带间涨落之间的单模相互作用。

英文摘要:

Collective excitations reveal fundamental properties and potential applications of superconducting states. We theoretically study macroscopic quantum tunneling (MQT) in a Josephson junction composed of multi-band superconductors, focusing on a phase mode induced by inter-band fluctuations: the Josephson-Leggett (JL) collective excitation mode. Using the imaginary-time path-integral method, we derive a formula for the MQT escape rate for low-temperature switching events. We clarify that the JL mode has two major effects on the MQT: (i) the zero-point fluctuations enhance the escape rate, and (ii) the quantum dissipation induced by the couplings to the gauge-invariant phase difference suppresses the quantum tunneling. We show that the enhancement exceeds the suppression for a wide range of junction parameters. This enhancement originates from the single-mode interaction between the tunneling variable and the inter-band fluctuations.

机构、总结、中文摘要均由AI分析而来,可能存在错误,请以论文正文为准。

↑