Superfine resonant structure on IV-curves of long Josephson junction and its influence on flux flow oscillator linewidth

Author

Koshelets, Valery P. ; Ermakov, Andrey B. ; Shitov, Sergey V. ; Dmitriev, Pavel N. ; Filippenko, Lyudmila V. ; Baryshev, Andrey M. ; Luinge, Willem ; Mygind, Jesper ; Vaks, Vladimir L. ; Pavel´ev, D.G.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Radio Eng. & Electron., Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia

Volume

11

Issue

1

fYear

2001

fDate

3/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1211

Lastpage

1214

Abstract

The Josephson Flux Flow Oscillator (FFO) has proven to be a perfect on-chip local oscillator for integrated submm receivers; a noise temperature (DSB) below 100 K has been achieved at 500 GHz. Recently a FFO linewidth as low as 1 Hz has been measured in the frequency range 270 - 440 GHz. A new technique for both linewidth measurements and phase locking of the FFO is developed; this method employs an offchip harmonic multiplier. By measuring the frequency of the FFO radiation emission, its IV-curve (IVC) can be reconstructed with an accuracy better than 1 nV. A superfine resonant structure with a voltage spacing of about 20 nV and extremely low differential resistance has been observed in the FFO IVCs. This resonant structure modifies the performance of the FFO compared to the one expected from the “averaged IVC”. The influence of this resonant structure on phase locking is discussed. Also results of FFO phase noise measurements are presented

Keywords

flux flow; phase locked oscillators; phase noise; submillimetre wave integrated circuits; submillimetre wave oscillators; submillimetre wave receivers; superconducting device noise; superconducting integrated circuits; superconducting microwave devices; 270 to 440 GHz; 500 GHz; FFO phase noise measurements; IV-curve; Josephson flux flow oscillator; extremely low differential resistance; flux flow oscillator linewidth; integrated submm receivers; linewidth measurements; long Josephson junction; noise temperature; offchip harmonic multiplier; on-chip local oscillator; phase locking; superfine resonant structure; voltage spacing; Antenna measurements; Frequency; Josephson junctions; Local oscillators; Noise measurement; Phase measurement; Resonance; Semiconductor device measurement; Superconducting device noise; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.919567

Filename

919567