Ac-induced thermal vortex escape in magnetic-field-embedded long annular Josephson junctions

dc.creatorGronbech-Jensen, Niels
dc.creatorCirillo, Matteo
dc.date2004-04-29
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-25T15:34:41Z
dc.descriptionWe investigate theoretically the thermal escape behavior of trapped magnetic fluxons in long annular Josephson junctions in dc magnetic fields, and perturbed by a probing ac current. The study is motivated by recently published experimental data that show multi-peaked escape distributions for increasing bias current in the extreme low temperature regime when the system is perturbed by an ac current. We demonstrate that the observed behavior of multi-peaked escape distributions can be reproduced and predicted in the entirely classical, thermally driven sine-Gordon model, which is widely accepted as accurately describing the experimental system. We interpret the observed multi-peaked distributions as being directly induced by dynamical resonances between the applied ac perturbation and the natural oscillation frequency of a trapped fluxon.
dc.description12 pages + 8 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0404721
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0404721
dc.identifierPhysical Review B Vol.70, 214507 (2004)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevB.70.214507
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/35063
dc.subjectSuperconductivity
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleAc-induced thermal vortex escape in magnetic-field-embedded long annular Josephson junctions
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