Charging Effects in the Inductively Shunted Josephson Junction
Charging Effects in the Inductively Shunted Josephson Junction
The choice of impedance used to shunt a Josephson junction determines if the charge transferred through the circuit is quantized: a capacitive shunt renders the charge discrete, whereas an inductive shunt gives continuous charge. This discrepancy leads to a paradox in the limit of large inductances L. We show that …