Observation of transition from escape dynamics to underdamped phase diffusion in a Josephson junction
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J.M. Kivioja, T.E. Nieminen, J. Claudon, O. Buisson, F.W.J. Hekking, and J.P. Pekola Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, POB 3500, FIN-02015 HUT, Finland Centre de Recherches sur les Très Basses Températures, laboratoire associé à l’Université Joseph Fourier, C.N.R.S., BP 166, 38042 Grenoble-cedex 9, France 3 Laboratoire de Physique et Modélisation des Milieux Condensés, C.N.R.S. and Université Joseph Fourier, B.P. 166, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France (Dated: April 4, 2005)
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تاریخ انتشار 2005