Abstract
We model the normal resistance of a hysteretic Josephson junction by writing a master equation to describe the individual quasiparticle tunneling. We solve the master equation by a WKB method near the zero-voltage state and near the nonzero-voltage state. We find that near the zero-voltage state the solution is given by the Boltzmann distribution with second-order corrections while near the nonzero-voltage state we obtain a nonsymmetric, non-Boltzmann distribution of voltage fluctuations, similar to the results obtained in a previous discussion based on the Fokker-Planck equation.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1572-1581 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Physical Review B |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1986 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics