Accession Number:

ADA137186

Title:

A Far-Infrared Laser Study of Small-Area Superconducting Tunnel Junctions.

Descriptive Note:

Interim rept.,

Corporate Author:

HARVARD UNIV CAMBRIDGE MA DIV OF APPLIED SCIENCES

Personal Author(s):

• Danchi,W. C.

Report Date:

1983-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

224.0

Abstract:

This document reports the first observations of photon-assisted quasiparticle tunneling and AC Josephson effect in superconducting tunnel junctions irradiated with far-infrared radiation.

Descriptors:

• *Josephson junctions
• *Superconductivity
• *Tunneling(Electronics)
• *Infrared lasers
• *Far infrared radiation
• *Computations
• Alternating current
• Photons
• Optical pumping
• Substrates
• Crystals
• Quartz
• Dipole antennas
• Noise
• Fabrication
• Computerized simulation

Subject Categories:

• Lasers and Masers
• Numerical Mathematics
• Electricity and Magnetism
• Solid State Physics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE