• DocumentCode
    1386776
  • Title

    Shapiro Step Response of Intrinsic Josephson Junctions With High Critical Currents of {({\\rm Bi}_{1-{\\rm x}}{\\rm Pb}_{\\rm x})}_{2}{\\rm Sr}_{2}{\\rm CaCu}_{2}{\\rm O}_{\\rm y}

  • Author

    Othman, Nurmiza Binti ; Oya, Gin-Ichiro ; Kitamura, Michihide ; Irie, Akinobu

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. Tun Hussein Onn, Parit Raja, Malaysia
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    176
  • Lastpage
    179
  • Abstract
    We have studied the response of intrinsic Josephson junctions (IJJs) in cross-shaped samples of (Bi1-xPbx)2Sr2CaCu2Oy (x=0.15) with high critical currents Ic at 4.2 K to injection of microwave with frequencies frf of 2-20 GHz. At the early stage of measurements Josephson vortex flow is induced in the IJJs by supplying high currents to them. After that, by injection of microwave power P to them clear constant voltage steps are successfully observed on their current-voltage characteristics, although their plasma frequency fpl is much higher than frf and they are not resistively shunted. The constant voltage steps appear so as to satisfy the Josephson frequency-voltage relation and behave like Shapiro steps depending on P. Such behavior of steps is well reproduced by numerical simulations on Shapiro step response of JJs with shunt resistivity which is equal to the Josephson-vortex flow resistivity under microwave injection. Consequently, the observed constant voltage steps may be Shapiro steps out of the IJJs with the Josephson-vortex flow resistivity.
  • Keywords
    Josephson effect; bismuth compounds; calcium compounds; critical currents; electrical resistivity; flux flow; high-temperature superconductors; lead compounds; numerical analysis; strontium compounds; (Bi1-xPbx)2Sr2CaCu2Oy; Josephson frequency-voltage relation; Josephson-vortex flow resistivity; Shapiro step response; constant voltage steps; critical currents; cross-shaped samples; current-voltage characteristics; frequency 2 GHz to 20 GHz; intrinsic Josephson junctions; microwave injection; microwave power injection; numerical simulations; plasma frequency; shunt resistivity; temperature 4.2 K; Bismuth compounds; Conductivity; Josephson junctions; Junctions; Magnetic tunneling; Microwave theory and techniques; Superconducting magnets; ${({rm Bi}_{1-{rm x}}{rm Pb}_{rm x})}_{2}{rm Sr}_{2}{rm CaCu}_{2}{rm O}_{rm y}$; Shapiro step; high-$T_{c}$ superconductor; intrinsic Josephson effect;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1051-8223
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TASC.2010.2091248
  • Filename
    5643175