Fundamentals and Frontiers of the Josephson Effect

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tafuri, Francesco (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Series in Materials Science, 286
• Subjects: Superconductivity.; Superconductors.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Nanotechnology.; Magnetism.; Magnetic materials.; Quantum computers.; Spintronics.; Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Magnetism, Magnetic Materials.; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date description of the Josephson effect, a topic of never-ending interest in both fundamental and applied physics. In this volume, world-renowned experts present the unique aspects of the physics of the Josephson effect, resulting from the use of new mat...

Table of Contents:

• Introductory Notes on the Josephson Effect: Main Concepts and Phenomenology
• Josephson Devices as Tests of Quantum Mechanics Towards the Everyday Level
• Basic Properties of the Josephson Effect
• Charge Transport in Unconventional Superconductor Junctions
• Mesoscopic Features in Nanoscale Superconducting Devices
• Magnetic Field Effects in Josephson Junctions
• Current-Voltage Characteristics
• High Critical Temperature Superconductor Josephson Junctions and Other Exotic Structures
• Pairing Symmetry Effects
• Intrinsic Josephson Junctions in High Temperature Superconductors
• Phase Dynamics and Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling
• High Frequency Properties of Josephson Junctions
• Josephson Effect in Graphene and 3d Topological Insulators
• Physics and Applications of NanoSQUIDs
• Josephson Junctions for Metrology Applications
• Josephson Junctions for Digital Applications
• Quantum Bits with Josephson Junctions
• Quantum Superconduction Networks: From Josephson to QED Arrays
• Josephson Effects in Superfluid Helium
• Weak Link for Ultracold Bosonic Gases.