Abstract

We review the macroscopic quantum phenomena in superconducting microstructures based on multiterminal junctions. The multiterminal Josephson junction presents a system in which the weak coupling takes place between several massive superconducting banks (terminals). Compared with the conventional (two-terminal) junctions such systems have additional degrees of freedom and a corresponding set of control parameters, preset transport currents and (or) applied magnetic fluxes. The general phenomenological theory of multiterminal Josephson junctions is presented. The specific multichannel interference effects (studied theoretically and experimentally) are described for two microstructures: the four-terminal SQUID and a system consisting of two weakly coupled superconducting rings.

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