FAST NONLINEAR PHOTORESPONSE OF CURRENT BIASED THIN-FILM BI2SR2CACU2O8 TO PULSED FAR-INFRARED RADIATION

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HUGGARD, PG [1 ]
SCHNEIDER, G [1 ]
OBRIEN, T [1 ]
LEMOINE, P [1 ]
BLAU, W [1 ]
PRETTL, W [1 ]
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[1] UNIV REGENSBURG,INST PHYS,W-8400 REGENSBURG,GERMANY
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10.1063/1.104823
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The response of a polycrystalline thin-film Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 superconducting stripe to short-pulse far-infrared (lambda = 447-mu-m) radiation is reported. Under constant current bias, a photosignal is generated when the maximum zero voltage current is exceeded. Measurements of the sensitivity as a function of temperature, bias current, and intensity reveal the signal source to be nonbolometric. The response is found to obey a (power) 1/2 law over more than 2 orders of magnitude. We believe the detection mechanism arises from the interaction of grain boundary Josephson junctions with radiation induced screening currents.
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