Abstract
A possibility of nondissipative transmission of electrical current from the source to the load using superfluid electron-hole pairs in bilayers is studied. The problem is considered with reference to quantum Hall bilayers with the total filling factor VT=1. At nonzero interlayer tunneling the current pattern looks as a sum of uniform planar counterflow currents and Josephson vortices. The difference of electrochemical potentials of the layers (that is required to support the current in the load circuit) causes the motion of the Josephson vortices. In such a situation the second superfluid viscosity comes into play and results in dissipation of energy. It is found that the loss power is proportional to the square of the matrix element of the interlayer tunneling and depends nonlinearly on the load resistance.
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