Thermal instability and self-sustained modulation in superconducting NbN stripline resonators

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Segev, Eran ^a   Abdo, Baleegh ^a   Shtempluck, Oleg ^a   Buks, Eyal ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRIC LINES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

NONLINEAR PHENOMENON; SELF-MODULATION; SUPERCONDUCTING STRIPLINE; THERMAL INSTABILITY;

RESONATORS;

EID: 33947583646     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/19/9/096206     Document Type: Article

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