High-Tc superconducting Josephson mixers for terahertz heterodyne detection

We report on an experimental and theoretical study of the high-frequency mixing properties of ion-irradiated YBa2Cu3O7 Josephson junctions embedded in THz antennas. We investigated the influence of the local oscillator power and frequency on the device performances. The experimental data are compare...

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Autores: Malnou, M., Feuillet-Palma, C., Ulysse, C., Faini, G., Febvre, P., Sirena, Martin, Olanier, L., Lesueur, J., Bergeal, N.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/39369
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/39369
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Superconductors
Josephson Junctions
Irradiation
Microwaves
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Sumario:We report on an experimental and theoretical study of the high-frequency mixing properties of ion-irradiated YBa2Cu3O7 Josephson junctions embedded in THz antennas. We investigated the influence of the local oscillator power and frequency on the device performances. The experimental data are compared with theoretical predictions of the general three-port model for mixers in which the junction is described by the resistively shunted junction model. A good agreement is obtained for the conversion efficiency in different frequency ranges, spanning above and below the characteristic frequencies fc of the junctions. © 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.