Cooper-Pair Tunneling in Small Josephson Junction Arrays under Radio-Frequency Irradiation

Abstract

The influence of radio frequency microwaves on the Coulomb blockade characteristics in small Josephson junctions was studied using a one-dimensional array of ten small Al tunnel junctions in the frequency range from 1 MHz to 1000 MHz. Coulomb blockade voltage ($V_{\mathrm{th}}$) is diminished with increasing microwave power ($V_{\mathrm{ac}}$), where the $V_{\mathrm{th}}$-$V_{\mathrm{ac}}$ plots for varied frequencies fall on a single curve. We observed and theoretically analyzed a magnetic field $dependent$ renormalization of the applied microwave power, in addition to a magnetic-field $independent$ renormalization effect explained using an effective circuit approach of the array. Due to its high sensitivity to microwave power, the array is well-suited for on-chip detection applications in low temperature environments.

arXiv comment17 pages, 6 Figures, 1 table

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