A Unified Description of Nonlinear Effects in High Temperature Superconductor Microwave Devices

Published

September 2, 2006

Author(s)

James Booth, Kenneth Leong, Susan A. Schima, Jordi Mateu, Carlos Collado, Juan M. O'Callaghan

Abstract

We demonstrate experimentally the equivalence of different manifestations of nonlinear response in high temperature superconductor (HTS) microwave devices. Using a combination of analytical and numerical analysis, we show that the results of intermodulation distortion measurements, harmonic generation measurements, and power-dependent resonator measurements of different coplanar waveguide structures patterned onto the same HTS thin-film sample all yield approximately the same values for the nonlinear penetration depth. The extraction of an underlying nonlinear material parameter that is independent of the specific device geometry and experimental configuration used for nonlinear characterization should enable quantitative comparisons of the nonlinear response of different HTS materials, in order to help determine the dominant sources of nonlinear response in HTS microwave devices.

Citation

Journal of Superconductivity

Pub Type

Journals

Keywords

coplanar waveguide, high temperature superconductor, microwave properties, nonlinear

Citation

Booth, J. , Leong, K. , Schima, S. , Mateu, J. , Collado, C. and O'Callaghan, J. (2006), A Unified Description of Nonlinear Effects in High Temperature Superconductor Microwave Devices, Journal of Superconductivity (Accessed October 11, 2025)