Imaging local sources of intermodulation in superconducting microwave devices

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 13, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 340-343

  Zhuravel, A P ^a   Ustinov, A V ^b   Abraimov, D ^b   Anlage, Steven M ^c  

^a B VERKIN INSTITUTE FOR LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

High Tc superconductors; Intermodulation distortion; Laser scanning microscopy; Microwave devices; Nonlinearity

Indexed keywords

INDUCTANCE; INTERMODULATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MICROWAVE DEVICES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SIGNAL DISTORTION; WAVEGUIDES;

LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE (LSM);

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 0041941526     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2003.813731     Document Type: Conference Paper

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