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Controlled dynamics of sine-Gordon breather in long Josephson junctions

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We describe a method of controlled creation and detection of breathers in long Josephson Junctions. We show how a breather can be detected and investigated by measuring switching of the current biased Josephson junction to a resistive state. The complete theoretical description of the switching events associated with the decay of a breather into a fluxon-antifluxon pair is developed. Eventually, we propose several designs of the systems where breathers can be observed.

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    D. R. Gulevich, M. B. Gaifullin & F. V. Kusmartsev

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Gulevich, D.R., Gaifullin, M.B. & Kusmartsev, F.V. Controlled dynamics of sine-Gordon breather in long Josephson junctions. Eur. Phys. J. B 85, 24 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2011-20689-4

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