Band-gaps in long Josephson junctions with periodic phase-shifts

We investigate analytically and numerically a long Josephson junction on an infnite domain, having arbitrary periodic phase shift of k, that is, the so-called 0-k long Josephson junction. The system is described by a one-dimensional sine-Gordon equation and has relatively recently been proposed as a...

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Main Authors: Ahmad, Saeed, Susanto, Hadi, Wattis, Jonathan A.D.
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author Ahmad, Saeed
Susanto, Hadi
Wattis, Jonathan A.D.
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description We investigate analytically and numerically a long Josephson junction on an infnite domain, having arbitrary periodic phase shift of k, that is, the so-called 0-k long Josephson junction. The system is described by a one-dimensional sine-Gordon equation and has relatively recently been proposed as artificial atom lattices. We discuss the existence of periodic solutions of the system and investigate their stability both in the absence and presence of an applied bias current. We find critical values of the phase-discontinuity and the applied bias current beyond which a solution switches to its complementary counterpart. Due to the periodic discontinuity in the phase, the system admits regions of allowed and forbidden bands. We perturbatively investigate the Arnold tongues that separate the region of allowed and forbidden bands, and discuss the effect of an applied bias current on the band-gap structure. We present numerical simulations to support our analytical results.
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spelling nottingham-409612020-05-04T18:40:37Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40961/ Band-gaps in long Josephson junctions with periodic phase-shifts Ahmad, Saeed Susanto, Hadi Wattis, Jonathan A.D. We investigate analytically and numerically a long Josephson junction on an infnite domain, having arbitrary periodic phase shift of k, that is, the so-called 0-k long Josephson junction. The system is described by a one-dimensional sine-Gordon equation and has relatively recently been proposed as artificial atom lattices. We discuss the existence of periodic solutions of the system and investigate their stability both in the absence and presence of an applied bias current. We find critical values of the phase-discontinuity and the applied bias current beyond which a solution switches to its complementary counterpart. Due to the periodic discontinuity in the phase, the system admits regions of allowed and forbidden bands. We perturbatively investigate the Arnold tongues that separate the region of allowed and forbidden bands, and discuss the effect of an applied bias current on the band-gap structure. We present numerical simulations to support our analytical results. Elsevier 2017-04-04 Article PeerReviewed Ahmad, Saeed, Susanto, Hadi and Wattis, Jonathan A.D. (2017) Band-gaps in long Josephson junctions with periodic phase-shifts. Physics Letters A, 381 (13). pp. 1181-1191. ISSN 0375-9601 Long Josephson junctions; Sine-Gordon equation; Band-gaps; Arnold tongues http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037596011630860X doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2017.01.062 doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2017.01.062
spellingShingle Long Josephson junctions; Sine-Gordon equation; Band-gaps; Arnold tongues
Ahmad, Saeed
Susanto, Hadi
Wattis, Jonathan A.D.
Band-gaps in long Josephson junctions with periodic phase-shifts
title Band-gaps in long Josephson junctions with periodic phase-shifts
title_full Band-gaps in long Josephson junctions with periodic phase-shifts
title_fullStr Band-gaps in long Josephson junctions with periodic phase-shifts
title_full_unstemmed Band-gaps in long Josephson junctions with periodic phase-shifts
title_short Band-gaps in long Josephson junctions with periodic phase-shifts
title_sort band-gaps in long josephson junctions with periodic phase-shifts
topic Long Josephson junctions; Sine-Gordon equation; Band-gaps; Arnold tongues
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https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40961/