Josephson effect in a $CeCoIn_5$ microbridge
arXiv:1108.2955 · doi:10.1016/j.physc.2012.04.009
Abstract
We report DC Josephson effects observed in a microbridge prepared from an individual crystalline growth domain of $CeCoIn_5$ thin film. Josephson effects were observed by periodic voltage modulations under external magnetic field $ÎV(B)$ with the expected periodicity and by the temperature dependence of the Josephson critical current $I_c(T)$. The shape of $ÎV(B)$ was found to be asymmetric, as it is expected for microbridges. The dependence $I_c(T)$ follows the Ambegaokar-Baratoff relation, which is unexpected for microbridges. Features in the dynamical resistance curves were attributed to the periodic motion of Abricosov vortices within the microbridge.
12 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Physica C