Microwave Quenching in DC-Biased Coplanar Waveguide Based on ${YBa}_{2}{Cu}_{3}{O}_{7-\delta}$ Thin Film

Autor: A. A. Lavrinovich, A. I. Gubin, Svetlana Vitusevich, Nickolay T. Cherpak
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. 26:1-4
ISSN: 1558-2515
1051-8223
DOI: 10.1109/tasc.2016.2537138
Popis: In this paper, we report on the results of features in the discovered effect of a strong change in the microwave losses (quenching) in HTS-based coplanar waveguide (CPW) at certain values of the input power Pin and direct current (dc) I dc . Two waveguides were studied: CPW-150 and CPW-75, fabricated of epitaxial 150and 75-nm YBCO films. The insertion loss of CPW IL = 10 lg (P out /P in ) was measured versus both the operating temperature and the bias dc current I dc when a fixed level of the input X-band pulsed MW signal P in was applied. Here P out is the power measured at the CPW output. A pulse duration Ti was 5 μs with pulse repetition period T = 40 μs. Experiments showed a noticeable difference in specific values of I* = I dc corresponding to the P in -dependent quenching phenomenon in CPW-150 and CPW-75. With a weak input signal, the difference in behavior of CPWs is anticipated, i.e., quenching occurs at a lower current for thinner film. For P in > 1 W the situation is opposite, i.e., quenching for CPW-150 takes place at a lower I*. This is explained by stronger microwave heating of CPW-150.
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