Quasi-Josephson effect produced by a coherent vortex motion in the horizontal part of the laser-performedΠ-shaped channel of a YBa_2Cu_3O_{7-δ} superconducting bridge was investigated by means of electric transport measurements. We observed that in our structures, in a limited range of temperatures and bias currents, the vortices were confined in the channel only and moved coherently with the velocity of 3×10^4 m/s. The corresponding current-voltage characteristics of the bridge exhibited Josephson-like voltage steps with the amplitude dependent on temperature, but independent of the bias current.
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