A circuit for tuning superconductor-insulator-superconductor mixers using distributed tunnel junctions

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-95

  Uzawa, Yoshinori ^a   Takeda, Masanori ^a   Wang, Zhen ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Broadband operation; Half wavelength tunnel junctions; Low current density; SIS mixer; Submillimeter wave

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); MICROSTRIP DEVICES; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; QUANTUM THEORY; SKIN EFFECT; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

BROADBAND IMPEDANCE MATCHING; DISTRIBUTED TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; MATTIS-BARDEEN THEORY; TUCKER QUANTUM THEORY; TUNING SUPERCONDUCTOR-INSULATOR-SUPERCONDUCTOR MIXERS;

MIXER CIRCUITS;

EID: 0038682100     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.42.91     Document Type: Article

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