Phase-sensitive measurements of nonlinearity in high-temperature superconductor thin films

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 15, Issue 2 PART I, 2005, Pages 1000-1003

  Booth, James C ^a   Leong, Kenneth ^a   Schima, S A ^a   Jargon, J A ^a   DeGroot, D C ^a   Schwall, R ^a  

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

Author keywords

High temperature superconductivity; Microwave frequency; Nonlinear response

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISTORTION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FREQUENCIES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES; MICROWAVE FILTERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY (HTS); INTERMODULATION DISTORTION; MICROWAVE FREQUENCY; NONLINEAR RESPONSE;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 22044433705     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.850169     Document Type: Conference Paper

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