Flux flow oscillators for sub-mm wave integrated receivers

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Abstract

The results of a detailed study of the microwave linewidth of Nb-AlO/sub x/-Nb flux flow oscillators (FFO) are presented. The dependence of the FFO linewidth on the junctions parameters has been measured by using an improved technique based on harmonic mixing in the frequency range 250-600 GHz. Experimental data are compared with theoretical estimates to evaluate the influence of the possible mechanisms responsible for the broadening of the FFO linewidth. The origins of the increased linewidth at the transition from the resonant to the "pure" flux-flow regime are discussed. The results of the linewidth measurements for the FFO locked to an external synthesizer via a wideband feedback loop are presented. The possibility of phase locking of the Josephson oscillator has been demonstrated experimentally. A FFO linewidth as low as 3.3 kHz (determined by the resolution bandwidth of the spectrum analyzer) has been measured at 310 GHz; it is far below the fundamental level given by shot and thermal noise of the free-running tunnel junction.

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