Abstract
We investigate Josephson dynamics of highly transparent superconducting nanojunctions at subgap voltages and temperatures. In this limit, intrinsic dissipation in such junctions turns out to be sub-Ohmic, which yields a linear dependence of the average voltage on the bias current I slightly exceeding the critical one Ic. We demonstrate a strong impact of intrinsic sub-Ohmic dissipation on integer Shapiro steps appearing on the I–V curve in the presence of external microwave radiation.
Subject
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,General Physics and Astronomy,General Materials Science