2-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS OF JOSEPHSON-JUNCTIONS AS VOLTAGE-TUNABLE OSCILLATORS

We have detected coherent emission from two-dimensional (2D) arrays of superconductor-insulator-superconductor (sis) Josephson junctions. 2D arrays emit coherent radiation over a frequency range of 60 to 210 GHz, when coupled to detector junctions through Dc-blocking capacitors, The detector junctions exhibit Shapiro steps at frequencies corresponding to the voltage across single-array junctions. The maximum power from a 10-by-10 junction array coupled to a detector junction occurs at 150 GHz and is estimated to be 0.4-mu-W, based on simulations of the detector circuit. By varying the number of array junctions, the array geometry, the junction critical current, and the coupling circuit, we have begun determining the essential conditions for observing coherent emission.