A self-attenuating superconducting transmission line for use as a microwave power limiter

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 13, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 305-310

  Booth, James C ^a   Rudman, David A ^a   Ono, Ronald H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ATTENUATION; BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC LINES; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

MICROWAVE CURRENTS;

MICROWAVE LIMITERS;

EID: 0042943218     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2003.813716     Document Type: Conference Paper

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