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Imaging of Spatial Structures Of Fiske- and Shapiro-Step States and Photon-Assisted Tunneling States in Josephson Junctions

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Nonlinear Superconductive Electronics and Josephson Devices

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We report the first experimental results obtained by Low Temperature Scanning Electron Microscopy (LTSEM) on dynamic states of Josephson tunnel junctions. The spatially resolved measurements dealing with self-resonant modes (Fiskesteps) revealed information about the distribution of the rf-magnetic field amplitudes inside the Josephson junction. We imaged one- and two-dimensional cavity-modes inside a square junction. By coupling a Josephson element phase-coherently to a microwave field we imaged the distribution of the maximum current density of the generated constant-voltage steps (Shapiro-steps). For junction designs used as modern voltage standards we measured homogeneously distributed step-current densities up to the fourth step. By irradiating superconducting tunnel junctions with microwaves photon-assisted tunneling of quasiparticles takes place. Using LTSEM we imaged the standing microwave pattern inside the junction. As a result, the wavelength of the microwave inside a single tunnel junction and the wavelength inside a superconducting stripline is displayed directly. The spatial resolution achieved by LTSEM is about 1–2 μm.

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  1. Physikalisches Institut, Lehrstuhl Experimentalphysik II, Universität Tübingen, D-7400, Tübingen, Germany

    T. Doderer, D. Quenter, B. Mayer, C. A. Krulle, A. V. Ustinov & R. P. Huebener

  2. Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, D-3300, Braunschweig, Germany

    J. Niemeyer, R. Fromknecht & R. Poepel

  3. Institute of Solid State Physics, USSR Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Russia

    A. V. Ustinov

  4. Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, D-3300, Braunschweig, Germany

    U. Klein, P. Dammschneider & J. H. Hinken

  5. Hans Kolbe & Co., FUBA-Forschungszentrum, D-3202, Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany

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Doderer, T. et al. (1991). Imaging of Spatial Structures Of Fiske- and Shapiro-Step States and Photon-Assisted Tunneling States in 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_26

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