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International Kharkiv Symposium on Physics and Engineering of Microwaves, Millimeter and Submillimeter Waves

Josephson generation of the HTS josephson junction array embedded in a resonant system

O.M. Ivanyuta, V.M. Raksha

Published Nov 8, 2004• 0 citations
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Abstract

Josephson junction (JJ) arrays can be used as a basis for the creation of different microminiature devices, such as tunable Josephson generators, primary voltage standards, detectors of radiation, etc. However the using of JJ arrays entails a problem of its synchronous operation. One of the solutions of this problem is using the surface wave resonators (SWR). The aim of our work is the detection of Josephson generation of an array of synchronized high-temperature superconductor (HTS) JJ embedded in the SWR.

DOI
10.1109/msmw.2004.1345908

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