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    Dynamics of Fluxon Lattice in Two Coupled Josephson Junctions

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    We study theoretically the dynamics of a fluxon Lattice (FL) in two coupled Josephson junctions. We show that when the velocity of the moving FL exceeds certain values (Va,b)(V_{a,b}), sharp resonances arise in the system which are related to the excitation of the optical and acoustic collective modes. In the interval (Va,Vb)(V_a, V_b) a reconstruction of the FL occurs. We also establish that one can excite localized nonlinear distortions (dislocations) which may propagate through the FL and carry an arbitrary magnetic flux.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, corected typo

    Energy Resolved Supercurrent between two superconductors

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    In this paper I study the energy resolved supercurrent of a junction consisting of a dirty normal metal between two superconductors. I also consider a cross geometry with two additional arms connecting the above mentioned junction with two normal reservoirs at equal and opposite voltages. The dependence of the supercurrent between the two superconductors on the applied voltages is studied.Comment: revtex, 7 pages, 8 figures. accepted by Phys. Rev.

    Anomalous transport in normal-superconducting and ferromagnetic-superconducting nanostructures

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    We have calculated the temperature dependence of the conductance variation (δS(T)\delta S(T)) of mesoscopic superconductor normal metal(S/N) structures, in the diffusive regime, analysing both weak and strong proximity effects. We show that in the case of a weak proximity effect there are two peaks in the dependence of δS(T)\delta S(T) on temperature. One of them (known from previous studies) corresponds to a temperature T1T_1 of order of the Thouless energy (ϵTh\epsilon_{Th}), and another, newly predicted maximum, occurs at a temperature T2T_2 where the energy gap in the superconductor Δ(T2)\Delta(T_2) is of order ϵTh\epsilon_{Th}. In the limit Lϕ<LL_{\phi}<L the temperature T1T_1 is determined by D/Lϕ2D \hbar /L^2_{\phi} (LϕL_{\phi} is the phase breaking length), and not ϵTh\epsilon_{Th}. We have also calculated the voltage dependence δS(V) \delta S(V) for a S/F structure (F is a ferromagnet) and predict non-monotonic behaviour at voltages of order the Zeeman splitting.Comment: 6 figures. Submitted to PRB Rapid com
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