Phase Slips and Metastability in Granular Boron-doped Nanocrystalline Diamond Microbridges

G. M. Klemencic, D. T. S. Perkins, J. M. Fellows +7

A phase slip is a localized disturbance in the coherence of a superconductor allowing an abrupt 2$\pi$ phase shift. Phase slips are a ubiquitous feature of one-dimensional supercondu…