NONEQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS OF JOSEPHSON DEVICES

1996 ◽  
Vol 10 (19) ◽  
pp. 903-908
Author(s):  
ALEC MAASSEN VAN DEN BRINK ◽  
H. DEKKER
Keyword(s):  
Phase Difference ◽  
Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics ◽  
Superconducting Phase ◽  
Josephson Coupling ◽  
Detailed Calculation ◽  
Superconducting Transition ◽  
Tunneling Junction ◽  
Josephson Devices ◽  
First Order ◽  
A Value

The rapid increase of the Josephson free energy as the temperature of a tunneling junction drops below the superconducting transition temperature T c is shown to make this transition of first order in a system in which the phase difference ϕ across the junction is constrained to have a nonzero value. Taking this effect into account, we introduce an availability potential governing the nonisothermal dynamics of the junction which, in contrast with previous results, has no artifacts like latent heat being released upon entering the — high temperature — normal state or a value in this state which depends on the — superconducting — phase difference. The thermodynamic analysis is preceded by a detailed calculation of the Josephson coupling in a model of two ideal BCS superconductors coupled by a tunneling Hamiltonian.

scholarly journals Enhancing Superconductivity of the Nonmagnetic Quasiskutterudites by Atomic Disorder

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 5830
Author(s):  
Andrzej Ślebarski ◽  
Maciej M. Maśka
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Superconducting Transition Temperature ◽  
High Temperature Superconductors ◽  
Superconducting Phase ◽  
Length Scale ◽  
Superconducting Transition ◽  
Atomic Disorder ◽  
Strong Inhomogeneity ◽  
Related Compounds

We investigated the effect of enhancement of superconducting transition temperature Tc by nonmagnetic atom disorder in the series of filled skutterudite-related compounds (La3M4Sn13, Ca3Rh4Sn13, Y5Rh6Sn18, Lu5Rh6Sn18; M= Co, Ru, Rh), where the atomic disorder is generated by various defects or doping. We have shown that the disorder on the coherence length scale ξ in these nonmagnetic quasiskutterudite superconductors additionally generates a non-homogeneous, high-temperature superconducting phase with Tc⋆>Tc (dilute disorder scenario), while the strong fluctuations of stoichiometry due to increasing doping can rapidly increase the superconducting transition temperature of the sample even to the value of Tc⋆∼2Tc (dense disorder leading to strong inhomogeneity). This phenomenon seems to be characteristic of high-temperature superconductors and superconducting heavy fermions, and recently have received renewed attention. We experimentally documented the stronger lattice stiffening of the inhomogeneous superconducting phase Tc⋆ in respect to the bulk Tc one and proposed a model that explains the Tc⋆>Tc behavior in the series of nonmagnetic skutterudite-related compounds.

scholarly journals Performance Degradation in Cross-Eye Jamming Due to Amplitude/Phase Instability between Jammer Antennas

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (15) ◽  
pp. 5027
Author(s):  
Je-An Kim ◽  
Joon-Ho Lee
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Phase Difference ◽  
Taylor Expansion ◽  
Amplitude Ratio ◽  
Random Variables ◽  
Performance Degradation ◽  
Analytical Performance ◽  
Phase Instability ◽  
Gaussian Random Variables ◽  
First Order

Cross-eye gain in cross-eye jamming systems is highly dependent on amplitude ratio and the phase difference between jammer antennas. It is well known that cross-eye jamming is most effective for the amplitude ratio of unity and phase difference of 180 degrees. It is assumed that the instabilities in the amplitude ratio and phase difference can be modeled as zero-mean Gaussian random variables. In this paper, we not only quantitatively analyze the effect of amplitude ratio instability and phase difference instability on performance degradation in terms of reduction in cross-eye gain but also proceed with analytical performance analysis based on the first order and second-order Taylor expansion.

Effects of High-Energy Ball Milling Time on the Sintering Process of FeSe Superconductors

2016 ◽  
Vol 848 ◽  
pp. 657-663 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng Nan Zhang ◽  
Xiao Bo Ma ◽  
Ji Xing Liu ◽  
Jian Qing Feng ◽  
Cheng Shan Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Composition ◽  
Ball Milling ◽  
Optimal Parameter ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Superconducting Phase ◽  
High Energy Ball Milling ◽  
Superconducting Transition ◽  
Sintering Process ◽  
Energy Ball ◽  
Precursor Powders

FeSe superconducting bulks were prepared with high energy ball milling (HEBM) aided sintering process, within which process, tetragonal β-FeSe superconducting phase could be formed directly with one step sintering process, and the formation of hexagonal δ-FeSe non-superconducting phase was effectively avoided. The influences of HEBM time on the sintering process of FeSe bulks were systematically investigated. With different HEBM time, the phase composition and morphology of precursor powders changed correspondingly, which thus influenced the final phase composition and superconducting properties of FeSe superconducting bulks. Due to the formation of FeSe bulks with larger tetragonal phase content and higher superconducting transition temperature, HEBM time of 6.0 h was recognized as the optimal parameter. Shorter HEBM time could lead to the insufficient decrease of particle size and low density. While longer HEBM time caused the formation of amorphous hexagonal δ-FeSe, which crystallized during sintering process. Thus no more tetragonal FeSe could be obtained. The FeSe superconducting bulk with the critical temperature Tc(onset) of 8.0 K was obtained with the HEBM time of 6 h, and sintering temperature of 700 oC for 12 h.

Field-induced superconductivity in MoS2

2013 ◽  
Vol 1549 ◽  
pp. 79-84
Author(s):  
Y. J. Zhang ◽  
J. T. Ye ◽  
Y. Iwasa
Keyword(s):  
Carrier Density ◽  
Gate Dielectric ◽  
Superconducting Phase ◽  
Common Mechanism ◽  
Continuous Control ◽  
Superconducting Transition ◽  
Charge Accumulation ◽  
Density Region ◽  
2D Semiconductors ◽  
Type Conduction

ABSTRACTWe fabricated MoS2 transistor adopting electric double layer (EDL) as gate dielectric. So far, EDL has realized p-type conducting MoS2 in addition to well-known n-type conduction showing ambipolar operation. In our study, field-effect superconducting transition of MoS2 was realized with maximum TC around 10 K. This TC is the highest not only within MoS2 compounds but also among whole TMDs. The highest TC discovered in this study lies in the carrier density region much smaller than chemically investigated region. Such compounds with small doping level have never been successfully synthesized by chemical method. Furthermore, by combining HfO2 (typical high-k material for FETs) gating with EDL gating, continuous control of carrier density, and thus quantum phase, was demonstrated. As a result, we successfully obtained the phase diagram of MoS2. Interestingly, the TC exhibits strong carrier density dependence, showing dome-shaped superconducting phase. Superconducting dome in other materials than cuprates has been reported only a few times in doped 2D semiconductors. Since FET charge accumulation is basically two dimensional, our result implies the existence of common mechanism for superconducting dome in 2D band insulators.

scholarly journals Expansion of the high field-boosted superconductivity in UTe2 under pressure

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng Ran ◽  
Shanta R. Saha ◽  
I-Lin Liu ◽  
David Graf ◽  
Johnpierre Paglione ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
High Field ◽  
Superconducting Phase ◽  
High Symmetry ◽  
First Order ◽  
Superconducting Phases ◽  
Quantum Phenomenon ◽  
Zero Resistance ◽  
Spin Triplet ◽  
The Magnetic Field

AbstractMagnetic field-induced superconductivity is a fascinating quantum phenomenon, whose origin is yet to be fully understood. The recently discovered spin-triplet superconductor, UTe2, exhibits two such superconducting phases, with the second one reentering in the magnetic field of 45 T and persisting up to 65 T. More surprisingly, in order to induce this superconducting phase, the magnetic field has to be applied in a special angle range, not along any high symmetry crystalline direction. Here we investigated the evolution of this high-field-induced superconducting phase under pressure. Two superconducting phases merge together under pressure, and the zero resistance persists up to 45 T, the field limit of the current study. We also reveal that the high-field-induced superconducting phase is completely decoupled from the first-order field-polarized phase transition, different from the previously known example of field-induced superconductivity in URhGe, indicating superconductivity boosted by a different paring mechanism.

scholarly journals Sharp magnetization jump at the first-order superconducting transition inSr2RuO4

2014 ◽  
Vol 90 (22) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shunichiro Kittaka ◽  
Akira Kasahara ◽  
Toshiro Sakakibara ◽  
Daisuke Shibata ◽  
Shingo Yonezawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Superconducting Transition ◽  
First Order

scholarly journals First-Order Superconducting Transition near a Ferromagnetic Quantum Critical Point

2003 ◽  
Vol 90 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrey V. Chubukov ◽  
Alexander M. Finkel’stein ◽  
Robert Haslinger ◽  
Dirk K. Morr
Keyword(s):  
Critical Point ◽  
Quantum Critical Point ◽  
Superconducting Transition ◽  
First Order ◽  
Quantum Critical

scholarly journals Viability analysis of the first-order mean field games

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Yurii Averboukh
Keyword(s):  
Mean Field ◽  
Initial Distribution ◽  
Initial Time ◽  
Mean Field Games ◽  
Sufficient Condition ◽  
Mean Field Game ◽  
First Order ◽  
Viability Analysis ◽  
A Value ◽  
Object Of Study

In the paper, we examine the dependence of the solution of the deterministic mean field game on the initial distribution of players. The main object of study is the mapping which assigns to the initial time and the initial distribution of players the set of expected rewards of the representative player corresponding to solutions of mean field game. This mapping can be regarded as a value multifunction. We obtain the sufficient condition for a multifunction to be a value multifunction. It states that if a multifunction is viable with respect to the dynamics generated by the original mean field game, then it is a value multifunction. Furthermore, the infinitesimal variant of this condition is derived.

Conduction electron diamagnetism in alloys and magnetic-field-dependent dielectric constant of a Fermi gas

1964 ◽  
Vol 280 (1380) ◽  
pp. 85-96 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Dielectric Constant ◽  
Free Electrons ◽  
Impurity Potential ◽  
First Order ◽  
Dilute Alloys ◽  
A Value ◽  
Field Dependent ◽  
Self Consistency ◽  
The Magnetic Field

The diamagnetism of free electrons in the presence of charged impurity centres which are sufficiently dilute to be non-interacting is calculated to first order in the strength of the potential of the impurity centre. This is done by combining the density-matrix treatment of Landau diamagnetism with the impurity-screening theory o f March & Murray. The susceptibility involves the integrated value of the impurity potential through the crystal, and its first derivative with respect to the magnetic field, B. If the impurity potential is assumed to have a value appropriate to B — 0, then the result for the change in diamagnetic susceptibility on alloying agrees with that of Kohn & Luming (1963). It is shown, however, that the impurity potential is modified in the presence of the magnetic field, and in particular it has angular dependence. The correction to the dia­magnetic susceptibility due to this self-consistency is shown to be significant (25% ). The relevance of the theory to experimental results on dilute alloys is briefly discussed. Finally, as a by-product of the investigation, we have obtained interesting results about the form of the field-dependent dielectric constant.

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