基于共面波导的高温超导约瑟夫森结微波特性

    Microwave Characteristics of Coplanar Waveguide-Based High-Temperature Superconductor Josephson Junctions

    • 摘要: 基于高温超导约瑟夫森结的量子电压标准具有运行成本低、部署难度低、不确定度小的优点,有望实现航空航天、核电等特殊环境的电压原位计量。在铝酸锶钽镧(LSAT)双晶衬底上制备两个基于共面波导的高温超导约瑟夫森结阵列。第一组由2个约瑟夫森结串联,在18.13 GHz、3 dBm微波耦合下输出39.4 μV的量子电压台阶;第二组由4个约瑟夫森结串联,在19.42 GHz、2 dBm的微波耦合下输出202.5 μV的量子电压台阶。测试结果表明,2结阵列在特定参数下仅输出高阶量子电压台阶;对结阵列进行驱动微波频率扫描,发现2结阵列可形成量子电压台阶的参数范围相较于4结阵列更大,且台阶宽度更大。试验验证了当结与结之间的临界电流存在较大偏差时,虽然各个结能够独立产生量子电压台阶,但是临界电流的不一致会导致约瑟夫森结台阶偏置电流重叠的区域较小,进而降低总的量子电压台阶宽度。

       

      Abstract: Quantum voltage standards based on high-temperature superconductor Josephson junctions maintain minimal uncertainty with low operating costs and reduced deployment complexity, which is ideal for in-situ voltage metrology in specialized environments including aerospace and nuclear power applications. This paper presents two coplanar-waveguide-based high-temperature superconductor Josephson junction arrays fabricated on lanthanum strontium aluminum tantalate (LSAT) bicrystal substrates. The first array of 2 serial Josephson junctions generated a quantum voltage step of 39.4 μV under 18.13 GHz microwave coupling with 3 dBm power. The second array of 4 serial junctions produced a 202.5 μV quantum voltage step under 19.42 GHz microwave excitation at 2 dBm. Experimental results demonstrated that the 2-junction array produced only higher-order quantum voltage steps under specific parameter configurations. Through microwave frequency sweep characterization, it was observed that the two-junction array exhibited a broader operational parameter range for generating quantum voltage steps compared to its four-junction counterpart, accompanied by enhanced step width. Systematic investigations confirmed that significant critical current variations among junctions, while permitting individual quantum voltage step generation in each junction, reduced the overlapping region of bias currents required for synchronized operation. The mismatched critical currents consequently diminished the collective quantum voltage step width.

       

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