A modified Ginzburg-Landau model for Josephson junctions in a ring (Q4430735)

The superconducting junctions are studied by using the Ginzburg-Landau functional. The phase transition curves, the \(\Gamma\)-limits, the interaction of several junctions, the zero set of the order parameter for distinguished values of the flux and the weakly nonlinear regime are discussed. In more detail, the circular superconducting ring is described by the model functional \[ G_d(\psi)= \int^{2\pi}_0 |\psi'|^2 ds+ \int^d_0 {\alpha\over d^p} |\psi|^2 ds+ \int^{2\pi}_d {\nu^2\over 2} (|\psi|^2- \mu^2)^2\,ds \] with the associated Euler-Lagrange equation for a critical point \(\psi''= \nu^2\psi(|\psi|^2- \mu^2)\) if \(d< s< 2\pi\), \(\psi''= {\alpha\over d^p}\) if \(0< s< d\), where \(\psi(0)= \psi(2\pi) e^{i\pi h}\), \(\psi'(0)= \psi'(2\pi) e^{i\pi h}\), \(\psi'(d-)= \psi'(d+)\), \(\psi(d-)= \psi(d+)\). The normal state is a minimizer if \(\mu^2\) is close to zero and it loses the stability at a critical value \(\mu^2_c\) which is of the main interest. The method of small perturbations is applied. The case of several junctions is concerned, too.