Distribution of supercurrent switching in graphene under the proximity effect.

We study the stochastic nature of switching current in hysteretic current-voltage characteristics of superconductor-graphene-superconductor junctions. We find that the dispersion of the switching current distribution scales with temperature as σ(I) proportional to T(α(G)) with α(G) as low as 1/3. This observation is in sharp contrast to the known Josephson junction behavior where σ(I) proportional to T(α(J)) with α(J)=2/3. We propose an explanation using a generalized version of Kurkijärvi's theory for the flux stability in rf-SQUID and attribute this anomalous effect to the temperature dependence of the critical current which persists down to low temperatures.

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