Two-dimensional arrays of very-small-capacitance Josephson junctions have been studied. At low temperatures the arrays show a transition from superconducting to insulating behavior when the ratio of charging energy to Josephson-coupling energy exceeds the value 1. Insulating behavior coincides withthe occurrence of a charging gap inside the BCS gap, with an S-shaped I-V characteristic. This so far unobserved S shape is predicted to arise from macroscopic quantum coherent effects including Bloch oscillations.
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