Quantum susceptance and its effects on the high-frequency response of superconducting tunnel junctions
Qing Hu, C. A. Mears, P. L. Richards, F. L. Lloyd
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.42.10250 · Physical Review B
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Abstract
We have made the first direct measurement of the quantum susceptance that arises from the nondissipative part of quasiparticle tunneling in a superconductor-insulator-superconductor tunnel junction. The junction is coupled to an antenna and a superconducting microstrip stub to form a resonator; the resonant frequency is determined from the response of the junction to broadband radiation from a Fourier-transform spectrometer. A 19% shift of the resonant frequency, from 73 to 87 GHz, is observed, which arises from the change of the quantum susceptance of the junction with dc bias voltage. This shift is in excellent agreement with calculations based on the Werthamer-Tucker theory, which includes the quantum susceptance. We also demonstrate that it is essential to include the quantum susceptance in our theoretical computation to explain the photon-assisted-tunneling steps, which have negative dynamic conductance. Such steps are observed when the junction is pumped at slightly below the resonant frequency of the capacitor and the stub. The quantum susceptance should exist in all tunnel devices whose nonlinear I-V characteristics are due to elastic tunneling.
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