Backhaus S, Pereverzev SV, Loshak A, Davis JC, Packard RE. Direct measurement of the current-phase relation of a superfluid 3He-B weak link.
Science 1997;
278:1435-8. [PMID:
9367950 DOI:
10.1126/science.278.5342.1435]
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Abstract
Direct measurements of the current-phase relation, I versus Deltaphi, for a weak link coupling two reservoirs of B-phase superfluid helium-3 (3He-B) were made over a wide range of temperatures. The weak link consists of a square array of 100-nanometer-diameter apertures. For temperatures T such that T/Tc >/= 0.6 (where Tc is the superfluid transition temperature), I approximately sin(Deltaphi). At lower temperatures, I(Deltaphi) approaches a straight line. Several remarkable phenomena heretofore inaccessible to superconducting Josephson junctions, including direct observation of quantum oscillations and continuous knowledge of Deltaphi, were also observed.
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