Theory of operation of high temperature Josephson fluxon-antifluxon transistor

We provide two qualitative models for the operation of Josephson fluxon-antifluxon transistor based on the pendulum model and image currents induced in the junction. This device, which is a variant of a Josephson vortex flow transistor, utilizes high temperature superconductor long Josephson junctions with a control line on top of the junction. Our models are consistent with the experimental observation that the coupling efficiency increases with this geometry. We also provide a quantitative model using numerical simulations to confirm the static and dynamic characteristics predicted by the intuitive models. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.