Fundamentals and Frontiers of the Josephson Effect

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-datedescription of the Josephson effect, a topic of never-ending interest in bothfundamental andapplied physics. In this volume, world-renowned expertspresent the unique aspects of the physics of the Josephson effect, resultingfrom the use ofnew materials, of hybrid architectures and from the possibilityof realizing nanoscale junctions. These new experimental capabilities lead tosystems where novel coherent phenomena and transport processes emerge. All this is ofgreat relevance and impact, especially when combined with thedidactic approachof the book. The reader will benefit from a general and modern view of coherentphenomena in weakly-coupled superconductorson a macroscopic scale.Topics that have been only recently discussed in specialized papers andin short reviews are described here for the firsttime and organized in ageneralframework. An important section of the book is also devoted toapplications, with focus on long-term, futureapplications. In addition to asignificant number of illustrations, the book includes numerous tables forcomparative studies on technical aspects.