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Extended Josephson Junctions: Modeling and Critical Current

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MSE-438: Superconducting electronics: A materials perspective

Introduction to superconducting electronic applications and their material requirements, including the fundamental phenomenology of superconductors. Key applications and their material requirements: a) magnets; b) quantum metrology; c) quantum computation. ...

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This lecture covers the magnetic thickness of Josephson Junctions, the distinction between short and long junctions, and the mathematical modeling of both types using Sine-Gordon equations. It also discusses the critical current of short junctions with a parallel magnetic field.

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