Title :
Backscattered terahertz radiation imaging system to visualize supercurrent distributions
Author :
Kiwa, T. ; Kamata, Y. ; Misra, M. ; Murakami, H. ; Tonouchi, M.
Author_Institution :
Res. Center for Supercond. Photonics, Osaka Univ., Japan
fDate :
6/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new type of terahertz (THz) radiation imaging has been proposed and demonstrated. The supercurrent distributions were visualized by detecting the backscattered THz radiation from optically excited high-temperature superconductors. The supercurrent distributions were clearly observed in 100and 500-nm-thick YBa2Cu3O7-δ films in the remanent state. Our system has performance similar to the system with transmission configuration.
Keywords :
barium compounds; high-temperature superconductors; microwave imaging; superconducting microwave devices; superconducting thin films; yttrium compounds; 100 nm; 500 nm; YBa2Cu3O7-δ; YBa2Cu3O7-δ films; backscattered terahertz radiation imaging system; optically excited high-temperature superconductors; remanent state; visualize supercurrent distributions; High temperature superconductors; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Optical films; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Radiation imaging; Ultrafast optics; Visualization;
Journal_Title :
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TASC.2003.812428