A high-temperature superconducting monolithic microwave integrated Josephson down-converter with high conversion efficiency
- Publication Type:
- Journal Article
- Citation:
- Applied Physics Letters, 2013, 102 (21)
- Issue Date:
- 2013-06-24
Open Access
Copyright Clearance Process
- Recently Added
- In Progress
- Open Access
This item is open access.
A compact high-Tc superconducting monolithic microwave integrated circuit Josephson down-converter is presented. The circuit consists of a single Josephson junction mixer, a bandpass filter, a lowpass filter, and a resonator for local oscillator fabricated on a single 10 mm × 20 mm chip of YBa2Cu3O7-x film on MgO substrate. The down-converter demonstrates superior performance in terms of conversion efficiency, dynamic range, linearity, and low local oscillator power with stable operation from 20 to 77 K. A maximum conversion gain of -4.7 dB was measured at 20 K and -12.8 dB at 70 K. © 2013 Crown.
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: