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Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Fluxon Divider

Shigeki Sakai, Hiroshi Akoh, Hisao Hayakawa

Published Sep 1, 1985• 4 citations
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Abstract

A resistive-coupled fluxon divider consisting of Josephson transmission lines is designed and fabricated. Dynamic behavior of the divider is measured using two Josephson samplers connected to both output transmission lines, and successful operations are observed. It is also clarified that whether or not a fluxon signal can be transmitted to each output transmission line is determined mainly by the value of the bias current applied to each such line. Numerical simulations are made, and the results are in good agreement with the experimental ones.

DOI
10.1143/jjap.24.l749

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