Zener transitions for a spiky drive

Efrat Shimshoni; D. V. Averin; Gerd Schön

doi:10.1016/S0921-4526(09)80057-4

Zener transitions for a spiky drive

Efrat Shimshoni
, D. V. Averin
, Gerd Schön

Physics and Astronomy

Weizmann Institute of Science
Delft University of Technology

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We investigate the problem of Zener transitions in a system where the external drive is spiky. This describes for example a Josephson junction driven by a sequence of current pulses. In the limit of small spikes we recover the Landau-Zener expression. In the limit where the discreteness of the spikes is more pronoundced the transition probability approaches unity. The crossover is characterized by strong interference effects.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	943-944
Number of pages	2
Journal	Physica B: Condensed Matter
Volume	165-166
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-4526(09)80057-4
State	Published - 1990

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