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Conversion efficiency in a Josephson effect mixer

Valentina S. U. Fazio

cond-mat.supr-conarXiv:cond-mat/9705058

Abstract

The RCSJ (Resistor-Capacitor Shunted Junction) model provides us an analytical formula for the conversion efficiency for a resonant Josephson effect mixer. An external rf signal is applied to a long Josephson junction operating in the fluxon oscillating regime. The sine-Gordon equation is used to investigate the dynamics of the phase-locking between the fluxon oscillations and the external signal. We obtain that it is possible to have conversion efficiency greater than unity.

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