Phase-slip oscillator: few-photon non-linearities
is a fascinating proposal of a superconducting device where phase-slips, topological instantons of superconducting order parameter, influence driven oscillations in a resonator.
If you are in resonance of any kind, and Lorentian shape of it have already become a boring habit for you, you must see our paper. As a matter of fact, we make a fascinating corkscrew out of the Lorentian, this promises some interesting applications. Read it tomorrow at http://arxiv.org/abs/0912.3699
This is the first submission of Alina Hriscu, my PhD student. To make it done, we had to work against the clock for last several days. I hope that she still catches her plane in the evening.
