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Acta Physica Sinica

SU(2) AND GLAUBER COHERENT STATES OF COOPER PAIRS IN SUPERCONDUCTOR——STUDIES OF THE QUANTUM CHARACTERS OF COOPER PAIRS AND JOSEPHSON SUPERFLUIDITY

HUANG HONG-BIN, 东南大学物理系,南京,210018

Published Jan 1, 1991• 1 citation
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Abstract

It is shown, using the quasi-spin operator, that the BCS superconducting ground-state wave function is the direct product of single Cooper-pair SU(2) coherent state wave functions, and in certain conditions, is SU(2) coherent state wave function of the Cooper-pair system. If two superconductors, both in BCS ground state, are coupled together, the coupled system is also in SU(2) coherent state. Under the contraction of group SU(2) to harmonic-oscillator group, the SU(2) coherent states contract to Glauber coherent states. The quantum fluctuations, distributions, and second correlations of Cooper pairs and Josephson superfluidity in the two cases are discussed.

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10.7498/aps.40.1402

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We consider a system of two superconducting islands, each of which is coupled to a bulk superconductor via Josephson tunneling. One of the islands represents a ``Cooper-pair box,'' i.e., it is an effective two-level system. The other island has a smaller charging energy and approximates a harmonic oscillator. A capacitive interaction between the islands results in a dependence of the oscillator frequency on the quantum state of the box. Placing the latter in a coherent superposition of its eigenstates and exciting coherent oscillations in the large island will lead to a phase shift of these oscillations depending on the box quantum state, thereby producing a coherent superposition of two ``mesoscopically distinct'' quantum states in the large island.