Quantum states of a mesoscopic SQUID measured using a small Josephson junction

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© 2003 American Physical Society (APS). This is the accepted version of the following article: Lindell, René & Penttilä, Jari & Sillanpää, Mika A. & Hakonen, Pertti. 2003. Quantum states of a mesoscopic SQUID measured using a small Josephson junction. Physical Review B. Volume 68, Issue 5. 052506/1-4. ISSN 1098-0121 (printed). DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.68.052506, which has been published in final form at http://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.68.052506.

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School of Science | A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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2003

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en

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052506/1-4

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Physical Review B, Volume 68, Issue 5

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We have experimentally studied the energy levels of a mesoscopic superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) using inelastic Cooper-pair tunneling. The tunneling in a small Josephson junction depends strongly on its electromagnetic environment. We use this fact to do energy-level spectroscopy of a SQUID loop by coupling it to a small junction. Our samples with strong quasiparticle dissipation are well described by a model of a particle localized in one of the dips in a cosine potential, while in the samples with weak dissipation we can see formation of energy bands.

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superconducting quantum interference devices, Josephson junctions, Cooper-pair tunneling

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Lindell, René & Penttilä, Jari & Sillanpää, Mika A. & Hakonen, Pertti. 2003. Quantum states of a mesoscopic SQUID measured using a small Josephson junction. Physical Review B. Volume 68, Issue 5. 052506/1-4. ISSN 1098-0121 (printed). DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.68.052506.