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Aspects of macroscopic quantum tunnelling in small Josephson junctions

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We study the effect of temperature on the lifetime of the resonant macroscopic quantum tunnelling voltage state. In view of experiments we consider a merit factor in order to balance between measuring extremely small signals of longer duration or larger signals of shorter duration.

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  1. Istituto di Cibernetica del CNR, Arco Felice, Napoli, Italy

    A. Esposito, B. Ruggiero & P. Silvestrini

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Esposito, A., Ruggiero, B. & Silvestrini, P. Aspects of macroscopic quantum tunnelling in small Josephson junctions. Il Nuovo Cimento D 17, 539–543 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02451741

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