Macroscopic quantum tunneling and phase diffusion in a La2−xSrxCuO4 intrinsic Josephson junction stack
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Yuimaru Kubo,1,2,* A. O. Sboychakov,3,4,† Franco Nori,3,5,‡ Y. Takahide,1 S. Ueda,1,§ I. Tanaka,6 A. T. M. N. Islam,6,| and Y. Takano1,2 1Superconducting Materials Center, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan 2Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8571, Japan 3Advanced Science Institute, RIKEN, Wako-shi 351-0198, Japan 4Institute for Theoretical and Applied Electrodynamics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 125412, Russia 5Department of Physics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA 6Center for Crystal Science and Technology, University of Yamanashi, Kofu 400-8511, Japan (Received 30 December 2011; revised manuscript received 31 August 2012; published 26 October 2012; publisher error corrected 2 November 2012)
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