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Josephson array of mesoscopic objects. Modulation of system properties through the chemical potential
The phase diagram of a two-dimensional Josephson array of mesoscopic objects
is examined. Quantum fluctuations in both the modulus and phase of the
superconducting order parameter are taken into account within a lattice boson
Hubbard model. Modulating the average occupation number of the sites in
the system leads to changes in the state of the array, and the character of
these changes depends significantly on the region of the phase diagram being
examined. In the region where there are large quantum fluctuations in the phase
of the superconducting order parameter, variation of the chemical potential
causes oscillations with alternating superconducting (superfluid) and normal
states of the array. On the other hand, in the region where the bosons interact
weakly, the properties of the system depend monotonically on . Lowering
the temperature and increasing the particle interaction force lead to a
reduction in the width of the region of variation in within which the
system properties depend weakly on the average occupation number. The phase
diagram of the array is obtained by mapping this quantum system onto a
classical two-dimensional XY model with a renormalized Josephson coupling
constant and is consistent with our quantum Path-Integral Monte Carlo
calculations.Comment: 12 pages, 8 Postscript figure