Numerical investigation of the second harmonic effects in the LJJ

TL;DR

This paper numerically investigates how the second harmonic in the Josephson current affects magnetic flux distributions in long Josephson junctions, revealing new solutions and stability properties.

Contribution

It introduces a numerical approach to analyze the second harmonic's effects, discovering new solutions and stability characteristics not present in traditional models.

Findings

New solutions without traditional model equivalents

Influence of second harmonic sign on flux distribution stability

Identification of stability changes due to second harmonic variations

Abstract

We study the long Josephson junction (LJJ) model which takes into account the second harmonic of the Fourier expansion of Josephson current. The sign of second harmonic is important for many physical applications. The influence of the sign and value of the second harmonic on the magnetic flux distributions is investigated. At each step of numerical continuation in parameters of the model, the corresponding nonlinear boundary problem is solved on the basis of the continuous analog of Newton's method with the 4th order Numerov discretization scheme. New solutions which do not exist in the traditional model have been found. The influence of the second harmonic on stability of magnetic flux distributions for main solutions is investigated.