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Resonant phase dynamics in 0-π Sine–Gordon facets

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A locally phase-shifted Sine–Gordon model well accounts for the phenomenology of unconventional Josephson junctions. The phase dynamics shows resonant modes similar to Fiske modes that appear both in the presence and in the absence of the external magnetic field in standard junctions. In the latter case, they are also in competition with zero field propagation of Sine–Gordon solitons, i.e., fluxons, which give rise to the so-called zero field steps in the current–voltage (I–V) of the junction. We numerically study the I–V characteristics and the resonances magnetic field patterns for some different faceting configurations, in various dissipative regimes, as a function of temperature. The simulated dynamics of the phase is analyzed for lower-order resonances. We give evidence of a nontrivial dynamics due to the interaction of propagating fluxons with localized semifluxons. Numerical results are compared with experimental outcomes obtained on high-quality high-Tc grain boundary YBCO junctions.

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  1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale edell’Informazione, Seconda Università di Napoli, Aversa, CE, Italy

    Giacomo Rotoli

  2. CNR-SPIN e Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Universitá di Napoli “Federico II”, via Cinthia, 80125, Naples, Italy

    Daniela Stornaiuolo

  3. Department of Microelectronics and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology and Göteborg University, 41296, Gōteborg, Sweden

    Karin Cedergren, Thilo Bauch & Filomena Lombardi

  4. CNR-SPIN and Dipartimento di Fisica E R Caianiello, Universitá di Salerno, Via Ponte Don Melillo, 84084, Fisciano, SA, Italy

    Antonio Leo

  5. CNR-SPIN and Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale edell’Informazione, Seconda Università di Napoli, Aversa, CE, Italy

    Francesco Tafuri

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Rotoli, G., Stornaiuolo, D., Cedergren, K. et al. Resonant phase dynamics in 0-π Sine–Gordon facets. Continuum Mech. Thermodyn. 27, 639–658 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00161-014-0382-5

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