Bi/sub 2/Sr/sub 2/CaCu/sub 2/O/sub 8+/spl delta// intrinsic junction and its application in harmonic mixing at the millimeter waveband

Author

Shan, W.L. ; Zhou, G.D. ; Feng, Y.J. ; Ji, Z.M. ; Xu, W.W. ; Yang, S.Z. ; Wu, P.H. ; Zhang, Yong Hong

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Sci. & Eng., Nanjing Univ., China

Volume

9

Issue

2

fYear

1999

fDate

6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

4530

Lastpage

4532

Abstract

In this paper, we report on the successful fabrication and characterisation of the Bi/sub 2/Sr/sub 2/CaCu/sub 2/O/sub 8+/spl delta// intrinsic junctions. To study the microwave influence of these intrinsic junctions, harmonic mixing was carried out in the millimeter waveband at temperatures ranging from 20 K to 77 K. Up to 68/sup th/ harmonic mixing in the 8 millimeter waveband and 56/sup th/ in the 3 millimeter waveband were clearly observed. The dependence of the intermediate frequency output on the temperature, the signal power and the local oscillator power were studied, and some unexpected features were observed.

Keywords

bismuth compounds; calcium compounds; high-temperature superconductors; millimetre wave mixers; strontium compounds; superconducting junction devices; superconducting microwave devices; superconducting mixers; 20 to 77 K; Bi/sub 2/Sr/sub 2/CaCu/sub 2/O/sub 8+/spl delta// intrinsic junction; Bi/sub 2/Sr/sub 2/CaCu/sub 2/O/sub 8/; HTSC; characterisation; fabrication; harmonic mixing; intermediate frequency output; local oscillator power; millimeter waveband; signal power; temperature dependence; Bismuth; Fabrication; Frequency; Josephson effect; Local oscillators; Millimeter wave technology; Strontium; Superconductivity; Temperature dependence; Temperature distribution;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.784033

Filename

784033