Tuesday, March 27, 2012

1203.5635 (Itsuhiro Kakeya et al.)

Effect of thermal inhomogeneity for THz radiation from intrinsic
Josephson junction stacks of Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+δ}$
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Itsuhiro Kakeya, Yuta Omukai, Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Yamamoto, Kazuo Kadowaki
Terahertz radiation from the mesa structures of Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+\delta}$ is detected in samples with thin electrodes $< 100$ nm. In samples with thick electrodes $\simeq$ 400 nm, neither radiations nor voltage jumps in current-voltage characteristics are detected. This suggests that the thin electrode helps excite the Josephson plasma oscillation as a result of the poor heat flow through the electrode. The shielding effect by the electrode is not essential. We consider that the local temperature rise is the origin of the synchronization of the phase kink for terahertz radiation.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1203.5635

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