Josephson junction analog and quasiparticle-pair current

Abstract

A close analogy exists between a Josephson junction and a phase‐locked loop. A new type of electrical analog based on this principle is presented. It is shown that the inclusion in this analog of a low‐pass filter gives rise to a current of the same form as the Josephson quasiparticle‐pair current. A simple picture of the quasiparticle‐pair current, which gives the right dependences, is obtained by assuming a junction cutoff frequency to be at the energy gap.