Quantum-mechanical phase locking in weak-link arrays
Quantum-mechanical descriptions of arrays of Josephson weak links often invoke electric-field-energy storage in the weak-link capacitors. However, such quantum-electrodynamic mechanism is by no means a requirement for the notion of macroscopic quantum-mechanical wave functions for the array as a who...
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| Summary: | Quantum-mechanical descriptions of arrays of Josephson weak links often invoke electric-field-energy storage in the weak-link capacitors. However, such quantum-electrodynamic mechanism is by no means a requirement for the notion of macroscopic quantum-mechanical wave functions for the array as a whole. These statements are illustrated for the phenomena of “quantum-mechanical phase locking” in one- and two-dimensional arrays in electromagnetic fields. |
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