Module 2 : Systems under technological importance

Lecture 16: Superconducting Materials

 

JOSEPHSON DEVICES

Principle: persistent current in d.c. voltage

Explanation:

• Consists of thin layer of insulating material placed between two superconducting materials.

• Insulator acts as a barrier to the flow of electrons.

• When voltage applied current flowing between super conductors by tunneling effect.

• Quantum tunnelling occurs when a particle moves through a space in a manner forbidden by classical physics, due to the potential barrier involved