Dresden 2009 – scientific programme

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TT: Fachverband Tiefe Temperaturen

TT 32: Postersession Superconductivity: Josephson Junctions, SQUIDs, Heterostructures, Andreev Scattering, Vortex Physics, Cryodetectors, Measuring Devices, Cryotechnique

TT 32.30: Poster

Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 14:00–18:00, P1A

Three dimensional near-field radiation imaging up to the THz-regime — •Christian Brendel, Felix Stewing, and Meinhard Schilling — TU Braunschweig, Institut für Elektrische Messtechnik und Grundlagen der Elektrotechnik, Hans-Sommer-Strasse 66, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany

Microwave devices are operated at very high frequencies ranging up to the THz-regime. For characterization of transmission lines, filters and directional couplers at these very high frequencies new instruments are required. We present the set-up and applications of our scanning THz-electronics prober STEP. As scanning sensor we employ a Josephson junction from the high-temperature superconductor YBa2Cu3O7 on a vibrating cantilever prepared from a LaAlO3-bicrystal. This superconducting detector is cooled to a temperature of about 30 K by a cryocooler. Despite this low temperature of the cantilever, which is about 10 um above its surface, the microwave device under investigation remains at room temperature. Based on this set up in a vacuum chamber we investigate the microwave properties of devices at frequencies of up to 762 GHz with a spatial resolution of 10 um far below the corresponding wavelengths. For the higher frequencies we couple far-infrared laser radiation from a CO2-laser pumped molecular laser system into the chamber. Applications of this novel instrument to microwave devices are demonstrated.