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Modern Physics Letters B

JOSEPHSON MICROSTRIP MIXER USING SUPERCONDUCTOR AT LIQUID NITROGEN TEMPERATURES

S.Z. CAI, Yusheng Hou, En-Ki Yu, J.W. Qiu, B.C. Miao

Published Mar 20, 1989• 1 citation
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Abstract

Matching between waveguide and Josephson junction is a very important problem for making a Josephson mixer. In this paper this problem is solved by putting the junction in a microstrip circuit. The Josephson microstrip mixer is easy to adjust, small dimension and light weight. Some new results are also presented.
DOI
10.1142/s021798498900056x

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