Resonant Cavity Modes in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x Intrinsic Josephson Junction Stacks

Huili Zhang; Raphael Wieland; Wei Chen; Olcay Kizilaslan; Shigeyuki Ishida; Chao Han; Wanghao Tian; Zuyu Xu; Zaidong Qi; Tong Qing; Yangyang Lv; Xianjing Zhou; Nickolay Kinev; Andrey B. Ermakov; Eric Dorsch; Marc Ziegele; Dieter Koelle; Hiroshi Eisaki; Yoshiyuki Yoshida; Valery P. Koshelets; Reinhold Kleiner; Huabing Wang; Peiheng Wu

doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.11.044004

Resonant Cavity Modes in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x Intrinsic Josephson Junction Stacks

Huili Zhang, Raphael Wieland, Wei Chen, Olcay Kizilaslan, Shigeyuki Ishida, Chao Han, Wanghao Tian, Zuyu Xu, Zaidong Qi, Tong Qing, Yangyang Lv, Xianjing Zhou, Nickolay Kinev, Andrey B. Ermakov, Eric Dorsch, Marc Ziegele, Dieter Koelle, Hiroshi Eisaki, Yoshiyuki Yoshida, Valery P. Koshelets, Reinhold Kleiner, Huabing Wang, Peiheng Wu

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.11.044004 · Physical Review Applied

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Abstract

We report on a detailed investigation of terahertz-emission properties related to resonant cavity modes. We discuss data for an underdoped and an optimally doped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x (BSCCO) intrinsic junction stack having the same geometry. At high bias, in the presence of a hot spot, the emission frequency seems to be continuously tunable by changing the bias current and the bath temperature. By contrast, at low bias the emission frequencies fe are remarkably discrete and temperature independent for both stacks. The values of fe point to the formation of (0,m) cavity modes with m=3 to 6. The total voltage V across the stack varies much stronger than fe, and there seems to be an excess voltage indicating groups of junctions that are unlocked. For the case of the underdoped stack we perform intensive numerical simulations based on coupled sine Gordon equations combined with heat-diffusion equations. Many overall features can be reproduced well and point to an unexpected large value of the in-plane resistivity. However, unlike in experiment, in simulations the different resonant modes strongly overlap. The reason for this discrepancy is presently unclear.

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Formula	Reported Tc (K)	Pressure (GPa)	Type
Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula.	76	Pressure not reported	unknown
Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula.	89	Pressure not reported	unknown