Applied Physics Letters

Observation of coherent microwave radiation emitted by coupled Josephson junctions

Thomas F. Finnegan, S. Wahlsten

Published Dec 1, 1972• 71 citations

Abstract

We report here the results of a preliminary study of coherent microwave radiation emitted by a small array of interacting Josephson tunnel junctions, including the first direct observation of the superradiant state in pairs of junctions.

DOI: 10.1063/1.1654250

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