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Polarons in thet-J model
1991
A convenient form of the Peierls-Hubbard Hamiltonian is obtained for the case when the Hubbard repulsion is the largest energy parameter. It allows to consider in the spin-wave approximation the properties of the one-hole low-lying excitations of a 2d lattice. For the parameters approximately corresponding to La2CuO4 it is shown that the hole polarons in the CuO2 planes of lightly doped samples are of large size with a solitonlike-shaped highly asymmetric wave function oriented along the diagonals of the planes or of small size depending on the value of the electron-phonon coupling. In both cases the cooperative effect of the electron-phonon and electron-magnon interactions leads to a large…
Infinite single-particle bandwidth of a Mott–Hubbard insulator
2016
The conventional viewpoint of the strongly correlated electron metal-insulator transition is that a single band splits into two upper and lower Hubbard bands at the transition. Much work has investigated whether this transition is continuous or discontinuous. Here we focus on another aspect and ask the question of whether there are additional upper and lower Hubbard bands, which stretch all the way out to infinity — leading to an infinite single-particle bandwidth (or spectral range) for the Mott insulator. While we are not able to provide a rigorous proof of this result, we use exact diagonalization studies on small clusters to motivate the existence of these additional bands, and we discu…
Arrays of Josephson junctions in an environment with vanishing impedance
1999
The Hamiltonian operator for an unbiased array of Josephson junctions with gate voltages is constructed when only Cooper pair tunnelling and charging effects are taken into account. The supercurrent through the system and the pumped current induced by changing the gate voltages periodically are discussed with an emphasis on the inaccuracies in the Cooper pair pumping. Renormalisation of the Hamiltonian operator is used in order to reliably parametrise the effects due to inhomogeneity in the array and non-ideal gating sequences. The relatively simple model yields an explicit, testable prediction based on three experimentally motivated and determinable parameters.
Turnstile behaviour of the Cooper-pair pump
2003
We have experimentally studied the behaviour of the so-called Cooper pair pump (CPP) with three Josephson junctions, in the limit of small Josephson coupling EJ < EC. These experiments show that the CPP can be operated as a traditional turnstile device yielding a gate-induced current 2ef in the direction of the bias voltage, by applying an RF-signal with frequency f to the two gates in phase, while residing at the degeneracy node of the gate plane. Accuracy of the CPP during this kind of operation was about 3% and the fundamental Landau-Zener limit was observed to lie above 20 MHz. We have also measured the current pumped through the array by rotating around the degeneracy node in the ga…
EFFECTS OF COLORED NOISE IN SHORT OVERDAMPED JOSEPHSON JUNCTION
2008
We investigate the transient dynamics of a short overdamped Josephson junction with a periodic driving signal in the presence of colored noise. We analyze noise induced henomena, specifically resonant activation and noise enhanced stability. We find that the positions both of the minimum of RA and maximum of NES depend on the value of the noise correlation time tau_c. Moreover, in the range where RA is observed, we find a non-monotonic behavior of the mean switching time as a function of the correlation time tau_c.
Decoherence in circuits of small Josephson junctions
2001
We discuss dephasing by the dissipative electromagnetic environment and by measurement in circuits consisting of small Josephson junctions. We present quantitative estimates and determine in which case the circuit might qualify as a quantum bit. Specifically, we analyse a three junction Cooper pair pump and propose a measurement to determine the decoherence time $\tau_\phi$.
Geometric quantum computation with Josephson qubits
2001
The quest for large scale integrability and flexibility has stimulated an increasing interest in designing quantum computing devices. A proposal based on small-capacitance Josephson junctions in the charge regime in which quantum gates are implemented by means of adiabatic geometric phases was discussed. The proposed works, are in the charge regime where the qubit is realized by two nearly degenerate charge states of a single electron box.
Effects of Lévy noise on the dynamics of sine-Gordon solitons in long Josephson junctions
2015
We numerically investigate the generation of solitons in current-biased long Josephson junctions in relation to the superconducting lifetime and the voltage drop across the device. The dynamics of the junction is modelled with a sine-Gordon equation driven by an oscillating field and subject to an external non-Gaussian noise. A wide range of $\alpha$-stable L\'evy distributions is considered as noise source, with varying stability index $\alpha$ and asymmetry parameter $\beta$. In junctions longer than a critical length, the mean switching time (MST) from superconductive to the resistive state assumes a values independent of the device length. Here, we demonstrate that such a value is direc…
Generation of a DC Fiske current by coupling of Bloch and in-plane cyclotron oscillations in a semiconductor superlattice
2006
The coherent coupling between electron Bloch and in-plane cyclotron oscillations in semiconductor superlatices in tilted electric and magnetic fields induces a unidirectional quasi-DC current in analogy to the DC Fiske effect observed when a superconductor Josephson junction or a superfluid weak link is coupled to an electromagnetic respectively an acoustic resonator. In all cases, the coupling opens an elastic rectifying transport channel. We explore the effect for the case of a superlattice both experimentally and theoretically, and specifically address the influence of the coupling on the frequency of the magnetoBloch oscillations.
Suppression of timing errors in short overdamped Josephson junctions
2004
The influence of fluctuations and periodical driving on temporal characteristics of short overdamped Josephson junction is analyzed. We obtain the standard deviation of the switching time in the presence of a dichotomous driving force for arbitrary noise intensity and in the frequency range of practical interest. For sinusoidal driving the resonant activation effect has been observed. The mean switching time and its standard deviation have a minimum as a function of driving frequency. As a consequence the optimization of the system for fast operation will simultaneously lead to minimization of timing errors.