Negative Differential Resistance due to Nonlinearities in Single and Stacked Josephson Junctions

On kink-dynamics of Stacked-Josephson Junctions

Dynamics of a fluxon in a stack of coupled long Josephson junctions is studied numerically. Based on the numerical simulations, we show that the dependence of the propagation velocity c on the external bias current γ is determined by the ratio of the critical currents of the two junctions J .

Modelling of fluxon dynamics in stacked Josephson tunnel junctions

Phase locked fluxon-antifluxon states in stacked Josephson junctions

, Observation of negative differential resistance in DNA molecular junctions

The mechanically controllable break junction technique is used to study charge transport through suspended DNA molecules. The current-voltage (I-V) characteristics in an aqueous solution display series of negative differential resistance (NDR) and hysteresis behavior. Under high-vacuum conditions, the peak positions of NDR shift to lower voltage, and the amplitude is reduced dramatically. The o...

Interaction-induced negative differential resistance in asymmetric molecular junctions.

Combining insights from quantum chemistry calculations with master equations, we discuss a mechanism for negative differential resistance (NDR) in molecular junctions, operated in the regime of weak tunnel coupling. The NDR originates from an interplay of orbital spatial asymmetry and strong electron-electron interaction, which causes the molecule to become trapped in a nonconducting state abov...