Charge oscillations in superconducting nanodevices coupled to external environments

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2007.10.085zbMATH Open1220.82175arXiv0711.0812OpenAlexW2115368044MaRDI QIDQ637181FDOQ637181

Authors: Robert Alicki, F. Benatti, R. Floreanini 

Publication date: 2 September 2011

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Charge oscillations in certain nanodevices, more specifically the so-called Superconducting Cooper Pair Boxes (SCB), are usually interpreted as an effect of macroscopic quantum coherence; an alternative explanation is however possible in terms of the Gross-Pitaewski equation for the classical order parameter. These two explanations are based on different quantum states assigned to the SCB, occupation number states in the first case, coherent-like states in the second one. We show that, when the SCB is weakly coupled to an external source of noise and dissipation, occupation number states are much more unstable than coherent ones.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.0812

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zbMATH Keywords

Gross-Pitaevski equationmacroscopic quantum coherencesuperconducting Cooper pair boxes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

White noise theory (60H40) Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22) Statistical mechanics of nanostructures and nanoparticles (82D80)

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