| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 73, Number 2, January 2006
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 267 - 270 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2005-10393-6 | |
| Published online | 16 December 2005 | |
Landau-Ginzburg approach to topological excitations in Josephson junction arrays
College of Arts and Sciences, American University of Sharjah P.O. Box 26666, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Received:
15
October
2005
Accepted:
29
November
2005
We study the zero-temperature physics of planar Josephson junction arrays in the self-dual approximation in the presence of external offset charges and magnetic fluxes. We introduce a new Landau-Ginzburg formulation to describe both types of topological excitations (electric and magnetic) that determine the quantum phase structure of the model. Through the condensation of the boson fields, this approach captures with ease various phases of Josephson junction arrays including the superconducting phase, the insulating phase, in addition to a novel quantum Hall phase that results from the condensation of composites formed by electric and magnetic topological excitations.
PACS: 74.81.Fa – Josephson junction arrays and wire networks / 73.43.-f – Quantum Hall effects / 74.20.De – Phenomenological theories (two-fluid, Ginzburg-Landau, etc.)
© EDP Sciences, 2006
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