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Quantum noise in a current-biased Josephson junction

2003; American Physical Society; Volume: 67; Issue: 18 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1103/physrevb.67.184504

1095-3795

Y. Levinson,

Quantum Information and Cryptography

Quantum fluctuations in a current-biased Josephson junction, described in terms of the RCSJ model, are considered. The fluctuations of the voltage and phase across the junction are assumed to be initiated by equilibrium current fluctuations in the shunting resistor. This corresponds to low enough temperatures, when fluctuations of the normal current in the junction itself can be neglected. We used the quantum Langevin equation in terms of random variables related to the limit cycle of the nonlinear Josephson oscillator. This allows to go beyond the perturbation theory and to calculate the widths of the Josephson radiation lines.