Experimental investigation of a high frequency sampling system based on shunted Josephson junctions
- 1 November 1991
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Superconductor Science and Technology
- Vol. 4 (11) , 674-676
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-2048/4/11/033
Abstract
The authors propose a new type of sampler design based on shunted junctions ( beta c=1). The sampler is to be used for the investigation of single flux quantum devices (RSFQ) employing similar junctions (Kaplunenko et al. 1989, Filippenko et al. 1991). They measure the time resolution of the sampler and delay time of the shunted Josephson junction array. The circuit was manufactured on a single chip and was DC powered. They employed Nb-AlOx-Nb tunnel junctions of 300 A m-2 critical current density and observed Josephson oscillations of the output junction at frequencies from 6 to 50 GHz. Despite a long plasma period of 20 ps the time resolution was 5 ps. The transmission line of 27 Josephson junctions (critical current 165 mu A each) demonstrated time delay of 0.5 ps mu A-1.Keywords
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