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The dynamic behavior of fluxons in a current biased long Josephson junction provides a system for studying quantum tunneling of a macroscopic variable, the total magnetic flux through the junction. Adjacent Fiske steps on the I-V curve provide potential wells where, at appropriate bias conditions and temperatures, tunneling can be observed. The junction parameters determine the tunneling behavior of the variable; it is observed to be incoherent. However, for certain conditions the system may exhibit coherent behavior.
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Symko, O.G. (1995). Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling in Long Josephson Junctions. In: Gunther, L., Barbara, B. (eds) Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization — QTM ’94. NATO ASI Series, vol 301. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0403-6_27
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