Kinetic inductance is a phenomenon that arises in superconducting circuits and, more generally, in systems where the motion of charge carriers significantly affects the electrical properties of the material. It is a type of inductance related to the inertia of charge carriers (such as Cooper pairs in superconductors) when they are forced to change their motion due to an applied voltage or current. In classical inductance, the inductance arises from the magnetic field generated by the current flowing through a conductor.
