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Quantum Electrodynamics in Superconducting Circuits

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We discuss the appearence of quantum electrodynamic effects in superconducting circuits. We concentrate on one simple system; a thick superconducting ring containing a single Josephson weak link. We construct a Hamiltonian for the weak link ring and solve the time-independent Schrödinger equation to find its energy eigenstates. We then describe a method of probing the behaviour of this macroscopic quantum circuit through its response to an applied magnetic flux, giving experimental and theoretical results.

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  1. Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56126, Pisa, Italy

    J. F. Ralph

  2. Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, BN1 9QH, UK

    J. F. Ralph, R. Whiteman, J. Diggins, R. J. Prance, T. D. Clark, H. Prance & T. P. Spiller

  3. Physics Department, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    A. Widom

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Ralph, J.F. et al. (1997). Quantum Electrodynamics in Superconducting Circuits. In: Dowling, J.P. (eds) Electron Theory and Quantum Electrodynamics. NATO ASI Series, vol 358. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0081-4_8

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