When a Josephson junction's oxide barrier narrows, which phenomenon dominates current flow?

💡 Explanation

Quantum tunneling dominates at very thin barriers because electrons pass through despite the barrier via wave function overlap; therefore the current jumps rather than decreasing because thermal effects are less significant here.

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