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Phys Rev Lett. 2012 Mar 09;108(10):107006. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.107006. Epub 2012 Mar 09.

Broadly tunable subterahertz emission from internal branches of the current-voltage characteristics of superconducting Bi2Sr2CaCu2O(8+δ) single crystals.

Physical review letters

Manabu Tsujimoto, Takashi Yamamoto, Kaveh Delfanazari, Ryo Nakayama, Takeo Kitamura, Masashi Sawamura, Takanari Kashiwagi, Hidetoshi Minami, Masashi Tachiki, Kazuo Kadowaki, Richard A Klemm

Affiliations

  1. Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573, Japan.

PMID: 22463446 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.107006

Abstract

Continuous, coherent subterahertz radiation arises when a dc voltage is applied across a stack of the many intrinsic Josephson junctions in a Bi2Sr2CaCu2O(8+δ) single crystal. The active junctions produce an equal number of I-V characteristic branches. Each branch radiates at a slightly tunable frequency obeying the Josephson relation. The overall output is broadly tunable and nearly independent of heating effects and internal cavity frequencies. Amplification by a surrounding external cavity to allow for the development of a useful high-power source is proposed.

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