{
  "id": "1101.0531",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2011-01-03T14:46:41.000Z",
  "updated": "2011-01-03T14:46:41.000Z",
  "title": "Ground-state cooling of a suspended nanowire through inelastic macroscopic quantum tunneling in a current-biased Josephson junction",
  "authors": [
    "Gustav Sonne",
    "Leonid Y. Gorelik"
  ],
  "comment": "5 pages, 3 figures",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 167205 (2011)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.167205",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "We demonstrate that a suspended nanowire forming a weak link between two superconductors can be cooled to its motional ground state by a supercurrent flow. The predicted cooling mechanism has its origins in magnetic field induced inelastic tunneling of the macroscopic superconducting phase associated with the junction. Furthermore, we show the voltage-drop over the junction is proportional to the average population of the vibrational modes in the stationary regime, a phenomena which can be used to probe the level of cooling.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2011-01-03T14:46:41.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "85.85.+j",
      "73.23.-b",
      "74.50.+r",
      "85.25.Cp"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "inelastic macroscopic quantum tunneling",
      "current-biased josephson junction",
      "suspended nanowire",
      "ground-state cooling",
      "field induced inelastic tunneling"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review Letters",
      "year": 2011,
      "month": "Apr",
      "volume": 106,
      "number": 16,
      "pages": 167205
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 5,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2011PhRvL.106p7205S"
    }
  }
}