Bibliographic Details
Title: |
Powerful terahertz emission from Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta mesa arrays |
Authors: |
Benseman, T. M., Gray, K. E., Koshelev, A. E., Kwok, W. -K., Welp, U., Minami, H., Kadowaki, K., Yamamoto, T. |
Publication Year: |
2013 |
Collection: |
Condensed Matter |
Subject Terms: |
Condensed Matter - Superconductivity |
More Details: |
Stacks of intrinsic Josephson junctions (IJJs) in high-temperature superconductors enable the fabrication of compact sources of coherent terahertz radiation. Here we demonstrate that multiple stacks patterned on the same Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta crystal can - under optimized conditions - be synchronized to emit high-power THz-radiation. For three synchronized stacks we achieved 610 microwatts of continuous-wave coherent radiation power at 0.51 THz. We suggest that synchronization is promoted by THz-waves in the base crystal. We note though that synchronization cannot be achieved in all samples. However, even in these cases powers on the 100-microwatt scale can be generated. Comment: 17 pages, 4 Figures. Included Supplemental Material contains an additional 4 pages and 4 Figures |
Document Type: |
Working Paper |
DOI: |
10.1063/1.4813536 |
Access URL: |
http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.3964 |
Accession Number: |
edsarx.1305.3964 |
Database: |
arXiv |