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Seminar Abstract

September 25, 2002:

"Collective Josephson Vortex Dynamics in Long Josephson Junction Stacks"

Professor Ju H. Kim
Department of Physics
University of North Dakota

The motion of magnetic vortices in Josephson junctions is exploited in various superconductor device applications. I discuss the collective phase dynamics in conventional long Josephson junction (LJJ) stacks and in high temperature superconductors, exhibiting intrinsic LJJ behaviors. Using a theoretical model that accounts for both the magnetic induction effect and the non-equilibrium effect, I discuss how the collective motion of Josephson vortices in an intrinsic LJJ stack is modified from a conventional LJJ stack. I discuss how this modification of collective dynamics affects the application of high temperature superconductors as tera-hertz oscillators.