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Phys. Rev. Lett. 61, 2372–2375 (1988)

Measurement of the Intrinsic Subgap Dissipation in Josephson Junctions

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J. R. Kirtley, C. D. Tesche, W. J. Gallagher, A. W. Kleinsasser, R. L. Sandstrom, S. I. Raider, and M. P. A. Fisher
IBM Watson Research Center, P.O. Box 218, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598

Received 5 August 1988; published in the issue dated 14 November 1988

We show that the subgap dissipation in sufficiently high-quality Josephson junctions, as measured directly from the current at which the junctions switch from the voltage state into the zero-voltage state, is controlled by thermally excited quasiparticle tunneling. The dissipation is in excellent agreement with a recent theory of Chen, Fisher, and Leggett.

© 1988 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.2372
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.2372
PACS:
74.50.+r, 85.25.Cp