Zener transitions for a spiky drive

Efrat Shimshoni, D. V. Averin, Gerd Schön

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Abstract

We investigate the problem of Zener transitions in a system where the external drive is spiky. This describes for example a Josephson junction driven by a sequence of current pulses. In the limit of small spikes we recover the Landau-Zener expression. In the limit where the discreteness of the spikes is more pronoundced the transition probability approaches unity. The crossover is characterized by strong interference effects.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)943-944
Number of pages2
JournalPhysica B: Condensed Matter
Volume165-166
DOIs
StatePublished - 1990
Externally publishedYes

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