MUTUAL PHASE-LOCKING OF 2 HIGH-TC JOSEPHSON-JUNCTIONS FROM 0.2 TO 1 THZ

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EDSTAM, J [1 ]
OLSSON, HK [1 ]
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[1] GOTHENBURG UNIV,S-41124 GOTHENBURG,SWEDEN
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10.1063/1.111534
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We have demonstrated mutual phase locking of two YBa2Cu3O7 Josephson junction oscillators in the frequency range from 0.2 to 1 THz. A maximum power of 0.2 muW was delivered to a distributed 8 OMEGA load at 0.7 THz. The corresponding dc locking current, \I(L)\, was 43 muA. A maximum locking current of 75 muA at 0.44 THz or 7% of the critical current agrees well with a calculated maximum value of 6% for this circuit. The excellent high frequency operation is due to the use of a lumped microstrip circuit and a high characteristic voltage of the grain boundary junctions (1.7 mV at 4 K). This circuit was continuously tunable for all frequencies and was operated from 4 to 60 K.
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