Josephson Terahertz local oscillator
Conference
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· IEEE Trans. Magn.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5919085
Voltage tunable Josephson junction Terahertz oscillators have been fabricated using rugged, high current density NbN/sub 1-x/C/sub x/ tunnel junctions with MgO barriers. The radiation emitted from such junctions is detected on chip by a second Josephson junction which is capacitively coupled to the first. For oscillator junctions with a critical density of J/sub c/ -- 3.5 x 10/sup 4/ A/cm/sup 2/ the authors find that the junction oscillates with a voltage amplitude of -- 1.5 mV. The detected RF voltage level remains essentially constant from 300 GHz. to above 1 THz., the upper limit of the detector. From measurements of the Josephson step height to the detector IV it is determined that the oscillator junction is producing 0.5 ..mu..W of Terahertz radiation of which, due to impedance mismatch, 10 nW is coupled into the detector junction.
- Research Organization:
- 9501221
- OSTI ID:
- 5919085
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-880812-
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: IEEE Trans. Magn.; (United States) Journal Volume: 25:2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
COUPLING
CURRENT DENSITY
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ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
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MAGNESIUM OXIDES
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NIOBIUM NITRIDES
NITRIDES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OSCILLATORS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PNICTIDES
RADIATION DETECTORS
REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS
SUPERCONDUCTING JUNCTIONS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
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CHALCOGENIDES
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CURRENT DENSITY
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
FABRICATION
INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
JOSEPHSON JUNCTIONS
JUNCTIONS
MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS
MAGNESIUM OXIDES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS
NIOBIUM NITRIDES
NITRIDES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OSCILLATORS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PNICTIDES
RADIATION DETECTORS
REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS
SUPERCONDUCTING JUNCTIONS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS