Average Voltage Measurements of Periodic Blocking Oscillation in Resistive Superconducting Quantum Interference Device Connected to Josephson Transmission Line

摘要

Blocking oscillation (BO) is a unique operation mode of resistive superconducting quantum interference devices (RSQUIDs). The author presents experimental measurements of periodic BO by means of the average voltage method. Test circuits are fabricated using a Nb/AIO_x/Nb integration process. The input/output voltage ratio in an RSQUID, of which the output is connected to a Josephson transmission line (JTL), becomes 2 under appropriate operation conditions. Since the voltage ratio is exactly proportional to the input/output switching frequency ratio, the results demonstrate the periodic BO, in which the numbers of switching during one period are 2 and 1 in the input and output junction, respectively.