Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.
Phys Rev Lett. 2012 Mar 2;108(9):097003. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.097003. Epub 2012 Feb 28.
We study the stochastic nature of switching current in hysteretic current-voltage characteristics of superconductor-graphene-superconductor junctions. We find that the dispersion of the switching current distribution scales with temperature as σ(I) proportional to T(α(G)) with α(G) as low as 1/3. This observation is in sharp contrast to the known Josephson junction behavior where σ(I) proportional to T(α(J)) with α(J)=2/3. We propose an explanation using a generalized version of Kurkijärvi's theory for the flux stability in rf-SQUID and attribute this anomalous effect to the temperature dependence of the critical current which persists down to low temperatures.
我们研究了超导-石墨烯-超导结中磁滞电流-电压特性中开关电流的随机性质。我们发现,开关电流分布的分散度随温度的变化符合 σ(I)∝T(α(G))的规律,其中 α(G)低至 1/3。这一观察结果与已知的约瑟夫森结行为形成鲜明对比,在约瑟夫森结中,σ(I)∝T(α(J)),其中 α(J)=2/3。我们使用 rf-SQUID 中 Kurkijärvi 理论的广义版本来解释这种异常现象,并将其归因于临界电流随温度的变化,这种变化一直持续到低温。