Josephson dynamical simulation using the electronic circuit simulator APLAC: a tutorial

Abstract

Analysis Program for Linear Active Circuits (APLAC) is a general-purpose electronics circuit simulator, which has included a built-in model of the Josephson junction (JJ) since late 80's. It capabilities in simulating eg. noisy Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs), Rapid Single Flux Quantum (RSFQ) logic circuits, or Superconducting Transition Edge Sensors (TESes) are relatively unknown within the superconducting electronics community. Here we give a brief step-to-step tutorial for APLAC users to unleash those capabilities.

16 pages, 21 figures. Intended as a support document to the paper "Superconductive circuits and the general-purpose electronic simulator APLAC" accepted to IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity