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The study of phase locking of fluxon oscillations in long Josephson tunnel junctions has been stimulated by potential electronic applications of these devices. Single-junction fluxon oscillators subjected to an external microwave field can generate constant-voltage steps that cross over the zero-current axis, a phenomenon of some interest for voltage standard applications.1 Series-biased arrays of long junctions operating in the resonant fluxon oscillation mode appear to be serious candidates for employment as local oscillators in integrated superconducting heterodyne receivers for radio astronomy applications2; operating such an array in a coherent, phase-locked mode offers increased output power and reduced oscillator linewidth with respect to the figures attainable from a single-junction oscillator.3
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Filatrella, G. et al. (1991). Phase Locking Of Fluxon Oscillations In Long Josephson Junctions. In: Costabile, G., Pagano, S., Pedersen, N.F., Russo, M. (eds) Nonlinear Superconductive Electronics and Josephson Devices. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3852-3_19
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