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Tunnel Current Modifications due to Finite Tunneling Times

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Single-Electron Tunneling and Mesoscopic Devices

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We examine the effects of a finite tunnelling time (independent of its exact definition) on tunnel currents through insulating barriers. In particular we show how the Josephson tunnelling between superconductors is modified as a function of τ. Interesting τ-dependent changes to microwave and radio frequency weak link behaviour emerge. The values of τ required to make these significant suggest that they could be observable experimentally.

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  1. MAPS, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, Sussex, BN1 9QH, UK

    T. P. Spiller, M. Chamizo-Llatas, T. D. Clark, J. F. Ralph, H. Prance, R. J. Prance & A. J. Clip**dale

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Spiller, T.P. et al. (1992). Tunnel Current Modifications due to Finite Tunneling Times. In: Koch, H., Lübbig, H. (eds) Single-Electron Tunneling and Mesoscopic Devices. Springer Series in Electronics and Photonics, vol 31. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77274-0_33

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