44 research outputs found
Long Josephson junctions with spatially inhomogeneous driving
The phase dynamics of a long Josephson junction with spatially
inhomogeneously distributed bias current is considered for the case of a dense
soliton chain (regime of the Flux Flow oscillator). To derive the analytical
solution of the corresponding sine-Gordon equation the Poincare method has been
used. In the range of the validity of the theory good coincidence between
analytically derived and numerically computed current-voltage characteristics
have been demonstrated for the simplest example of unitstep function
distribution of bias current (unbiased tail). It is shown, that for the
considered example of bias current distribution, there is an optimal length of
unbiased tail that maximizes the amplitude of the main harmonic and minimizes
the dynamical resistance (thus leading to reduction of a linewidth).Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure
Influence of surface losses and the self-pumping effect on current-voltage characteristics of a long Josephson junction
Bridging the terahertz gap for chaotic sources with superconducting junctions
We observe a broadband chaotic signal of terahertz frequency emitted from a superconducting junction. The
generated radiation has a wide spectrum reaching 0.7 THz and power sufficient to drive on-chip circuit elements.
Our experimental finding is fully confirmed by numerical modeling based on microscopic theory and reveals the
unrealized potential of superconducting systems in chaos-based terahertz communication, fast generation of true
random numbers, and noninvasive terahertz spectroscopy
Erratum: A one-dimensional tunable magnetic metamaterial (Optics Express)
We have detected an error in our data retrieval script which prepares the measured transmission data for the conversion to magnetic permeability. Correcting this error requires modification of Fig. 4(b) and Fig. 5 in the original publication. All methods, calculations and the conclusion in the published paper are still correct
Experimental and theoretical characterisation of Josephson self-coupling in sub-terahertz flux-flow oscillator
We present experimental and numerical results for a flux flow oscillator based on superconducting Josephson
junctions. Our computationally efficient theoretical model takes into account Josephson selfcoupling
of the flux
flow oscillator and is in a good agreement with our experimental results and previous studies
Radiation linewidth of a long Josephson junction in the flux-flow regime
Theoretical model for the radiation linewidth in a multi-fluxon state of a
long Josephson junction is presented. Starting from the perturbed sine-Gordon
model with the temperature dependent noise term, we develop a collective
coordinate approach which allows to calculate the finite radiation linewidth
due to excitation of the internal degrees of freedom in the moving fluxon
chain. At low fluxon density, the radiation linewidth is expected to be
substantially larger than that of a lumped Josephson oscillator. With
increasing the fluxon density, a crossover to a much smaller linewidth
corresponding to the lumped oscillator limit is predicted.Comment: 11 pages LaTeX, to appear in Phys Rev
Josephson flux-flow oscillators in nonuniform microwave fields
We present a simple theory for Josephson flux-flow oscillators in the presence of nonuniform microwave fields. In particular we derive an analytical expression for the I−V characteristic of the oscillator from which we show that satellite steps are spaced around the main flux-flow resonance by only even harmonics of the rf frequency. This result is found to be in good agreement with our numerical results and with experiments
Phase locking and flux-flow resonances in Josephson oscillators driven by homogeneous microwave fields
We investigate both analytically and numerically phase locking and flux-flow resonances of long Josephson junctions in the presence of homogeneous microwave fields. We use a power balance analysis and a perturbation expansion around the uniform rotating solution to derive analytical expressions for IV curves. The dependence of the flux-flow step on the amplitude of the rf field and the appearance of satellite steps are explained. As a result we show that satellite steps around the main flux-flow resonance are spaced by both odd and even harmonics of the rf frequency. An analytical expression for the locking range in current of the phase-lock steps is also derived. These results are found to be in good agreement with numerical results
NONEQUILIBRIUM PHENOMENA IN VARIABLE THICKNESS BRIDGES OF SUBMICRON DIMENSIONS
Les particularités du comportement de ponts d'épaisseur variable de dimension submicronique, dues aux électrons hors d'équilibre dans la liaison faible ont été étudiées en présence de courant continu et d'ondes micrométriques.Peculiarities of the behaviour of submicron variable thickness bridges caused by the influence of nonequilibrium electrons in the weak link region have been investigated in the presence of dc and microwaves