Associations to the word «Josephson»

Wiktionary

JOSEPHSON EFFECT, noun. (physics) the zero-voltage current of paired electrons through a weak connection between superconductors
JOSEPHSON JUNCTION, noun. (physics) a weak insulating barrier between two superconductors, used as an ultrafast switch

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope