Tunable Superconducting Josephson Dielectric Metamaterial

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2019-10-28

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AIP Advances 9, 105320 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5126963 Submitted: 06 September 2019 . Accepted: 17 October 2019 . Published Online: 28 October 2019

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We demonstrate a low-dissipation dielectric metamaterial with tunable properties based on the Josephson effect. Superconducting wires loaded with regularly spaced Josephson junctions (critical current Ic ≈ 0.25 μA) spanning a K-band waveguide and aligned with the microwave electric fields create a superconducting dielectric metamaterial. Applied dc current tunes the cutoff frequency and effective permittivity of this unique electric metamaterial. The results are in agreement with an analytical model for microwave transmission through the artificial dielectric medium.

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