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Experimental investigation of a 220 GHz planar multiple bridges superconducting switch

Abstract:
We present preliminary measured responses of a planar superconducting on/off switch centred at the 220 GHz. The superconducting switch, comprising three niobium nitride (NbN) bridges, deposited across the slotline section of a backto-back unilateral finline, made of a similar superconducting material. The transmission characteristics of the superconducting switch illuminated by a sub-millimetre source were measured using a superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) chip as direct detector. The NbN bridges were switched from the superconducting state to the normal state by a bias current exceeding the critical current of the bridges. With this arrangement, we have measured a switching dynamic range of ∼ 13 dB at 245 GHz, demonstrating the successful operation of the multiple NbN bridges planar superconducting on/off switch.
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Accepted
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Astrophysics
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Astrophysics
Role:
Author


Publisher:
IEEE
Host title:
UK, Europe, China conference on Millimetre Waves and Terahertz Technologies
Publication date:
2015-01-01
ISBN:
9781467374347


Pubs id:
pubs:574809
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uuid:99fa34c9-64d3-443c-a717-6218ac09e468
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pubs:574809
Source identifiers:
574809
Deposit date:
2015-11-24

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