Fundamentals and Frontiers of the Josephson Effect

Francesco Tafuri is Professor of Condensed Matter Physics at the University of Napoli Federico II. He earned his PhD from the University of Napoli, with further work at the Lawrence Berkeley  Laboratory,  the New York State University at Stony Brook, and as a Fulbright Fellow at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. His scientific interests fall in the field of superconductivity with a focus on the Josephson effect, on macroscopic quantum phenomena and on high critical temperature superconductivity, with many contributions to the study of quantum properties of Josephson hybrid junctions with unconventional barriers/superconducting electrodes and of mesoscopic and nanoscale superconducting  systems. He has co-authored about 130 articles in peer reviewed journals on the Josephson effect and related phenomena.

Introductory Notes on the Josephson Effect: Main Concepts and Phenomenology.- Josephson Devices as Tests of Quantum Mechanics Towards the Everyday Level.- Basic Properties of the Josephson Effect.- Charge Transport in Unconventional Superconductor Junctions.- Mesoscopic Features in Nanoscale Superconducting Devices.- Magnetic Field Effects in Josephson Junctions.- Current-Voltage Characteristics.- High Critical Temperature Superconductor Josephson Junctions and Other Exotic Structures.- Pairing Symmetry Effects.- Intrinsic Josephson Junctions in High Temperature Superconductors .- Phase Dynamics and Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling.- High Frequency Properties of Josephson Junctions.- Josephson Effect in Graphene and 3d Topological Insulators.- Physics and Applications of NanoSQUIDs.- Josephson Junctions for Metrology Applications.- Josephson Junctions for Digital Applications.- Quantum Bits with Josephson Junctions.- Quantum Superconduction Networks: From Josephson to QED Arrays.- Josephson Effects in Superfluid Helium.- Weak Link for Ultracold Bosonic Gases.