New features in collective dynamics of intrinsic Josephson junctions Original Research Article

We discuss the breakpoint phenomenon, which reflects a resonance between Josephson and plasma oscillations in the system of coupled Josephson junctions. The resonance leads to the creation of the longitudinal plasma waves (LPW) at the breakpoint and to the oscillation dependence of the breakpoint current as a function of the dissipation and coupling parameters. A group behavior of the current–voltage characteristics (IVC) of the stacks with different number of junctions is predicted. Particularly, in the materials with dissipation parameter β=0.35β=0.35 and coupling parameter α=3α=3, we expect four groups of the IVC, which demonstrate a different character of changing of the breakpoint current with the number of junctions in the stack. Using the k–αβk–αβ-method, we find the values of the wave numbers k of the LPW and explain this group behavior of the IVC.