Superfluid Helium 4 Weak Links and Applications

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A superfluid weak link
Healing Length
Weak links
Discovery by Emile Hoskinson
4He Josephson Oscillation??
Thermally driven quantum whistle
Thermally driven Josephson oscillations
Two temperature regimes
A 4He "strong link"
Phase slip oscillations
Quantum oscillations in two regimes
I (Df) result
Are phase sips synchronous - I
Are phase slips synchronous - II
How about mode locking?
Test for mode locking
First vs. Nth slip
Synchronicity
Amplitude of quantum whistle
Interferometer section start
Superfluid dc-SQUID
4He Gyroscope
4He Interferometer - I
4He Interferometer - II
Sensitivity
Applications
Future experiments