MICROWAVE DETECTING PROPERTIES OF Tl-BASED HIGH Tc THIN FILM MICROBRIDGES
Keyword(s):
High Tc
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Microwave detecting properties of Tl -based high T c superconducting microbridges have been investigated at liquid nitrogen temperature. The microbridges with the area of about 4×4 μ m 2 were fabricated by photolithographing and chemical etching superconducting Tl 2 Ba 2 Ca 2 Cu 3 O x thin films. Zero resistance temperatures T c (R=0) of the thin films were over 110 K. Detecting sensitivity was influenced heavily by the dc bias current and was reasonably linear function of the incident microwave power at a constant bias current. The sensitivity of 5.5×104 V/W has been obtained at microwave frequency of 9.40 GHz.