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Frequency conversion using the quasiparticle nonlinearity of Nb--Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/--Nb tunnel junctions

Alexander N. Vystavkin, V. P. Koshelets, G. A. Ovsyannikov, I. L. Serpuchenko, S. V. Shitov

Published Mar 1, 1985• 0 citations
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Abstract

A frequency converter using the quasiparticle nonlinearity of Nb-Al2O3-Nb superconductor-insulator-superconductor tunnel junctions is fabricated. (AIP)

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