= Josephson effect
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{tag=1973 Nobel Prize in Physics}
{title2=1962}
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<Discrete> <quantum> effect observed in <superconductors> with a small insulating layer, a device known as a <Josephson junction>.
To understand the behaviour effect, it is important to look at the <Josephson equations> consider the following <Josephson effect regimes> separately:
* <DC Josephson effect>
* <AC Josephson effect>
* <Inverse AC Josephson effect>
A good summary from Wikipedia by physicist Andrew Whitaker:
> at a junction of two superconductors, a current will flow even if there is no drop in voltage; that when there is a voltage drop, the current should oscillate at a frequency related to the drop in voltage; and that there is a dependence on any magnetic field
Bibliography:
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnZ6exn2CkE "Superconductivity: Professor <Brian Josephson>". Several random excerpts from Cambridge people talking about the Josephson effect
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