Heterodyne microwave mixing in a superconducting YBa<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>7</sub><sub>-</sub><sub>x</sub> coplanar wave-guide circuit containing a single engineered grain-boundary junction

The purpose of this work was to utilize the nonlinear current-voltage properties of induced grain boundaries in high temperature superconducting YBa<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>7</sub><sub>-</sub><sub>x</sub> thin films to fabricate a pl...

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spelling ndltd-NEU--neu-3305922016-04-25T16:14:07ZHeterodyne microwave mixing in a superconducting YBa<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>7</sub><sub>-</sub><sub>x</sub> coplanar wave-guide circuit containing a single engineered grain-boundary junctionThe purpose of this work was to utilize the nonlinear current-voltage properties of induced grain boundaries in high temperature superconducting YBa<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>7</sub><sub>-</sub><sub>x</sub> thin films to fabricate a planar microwave mixer. The experiment involved constructing a coplanar waveguide microwave circuit, the center conductor of which had a constriction patterned in it containing a single high angle grain boundary, thus forming a weak link junction. Analysis was provided by use of the resistively shunted junction model with excess current.http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20002229
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description The purpose of this work was to utilize the nonlinear current-voltage properties of induced grain boundaries in high temperature superconducting YBa<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>7</sub><sub>-</sub><sub>x</sub> thin films to fabricate a planar microwave mixer. The experiment involved constructing a coplanar waveguide microwave circuit, the center conductor of which had a constriction patterned in it containing a single high angle grain boundary, thus forming a weak link junction. Analysis was provided by use of the resistively shunted junction model with excess current.
title Heterodyne microwave mixing in a superconducting YBa<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>7</sub><sub>-</sub><sub>x</sub> coplanar wave-guide circuit containing a single engineered grain-boundary junction
spellingShingle Heterodyne microwave mixing in a superconducting YBa<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>7</sub><sub>-</sub><sub>x</sub> coplanar wave-guide circuit containing a single engineered grain-boundary junction
title_short Heterodyne microwave mixing in a superconducting YBa<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>7</sub><sub>-</sub><sub>x</sub> coplanar wave-guide circuit containing a single engineered grain-boundary junction
title_full Heterodyne microwave mixing in a superconducting YBa<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>7</sub><sub>-</sub><sub>x</sub> coplanar wave-guide circuit containing a single engineered grain-boundary junction
title_fullStr Heterodyne microwave mixing in a superconducting YBa<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>7</sub><sub>-</sub><sub>x</sub> coplanar wave-guide circuit containing a single engineered grain-boundary junction
title_full_unstemmed Heterodyne microwave mixing in a superconducting YBa<sub>2</sub>Cu<sub>3</sub>O<sub>7</sub><sub>-</sub><sub>x</sub> coplanar wave-guide circuit containing a single engineered grain-boundary junction
title_sort heterodyne microwave mixing in a superconducting yba<sub>2</sub>cu<sub>3</sub>o<sub>7</sub><sub>-</sub><sub>x</sub> coplanar wave-guide circuit containing a single engineered grain-boundary junction
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