Tunable sub-terahertz emission from intrinsic Josephson junctions in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ enhanced by the internal cavity resonance

Intense, continuous and coherent terahertz electromagnetic wave emission from the intrinsic Josephson junction system in cuprate high-Tc Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ with remarkably higher intensity [L. Ozyuzer et al., Science 318, 1291 (2007)] than previously generated from single or arrayed Josephson junctions has been understood by the enhancement of the output intensity by the internal cavity resonance. However, we have recently observed emission, which seems to have low enhancement due perhaps to the relatively low-Q factor, in a wide frequency range, covering almost all frequencies continuously as long as the ac Josephson effect is satisfied. This broadly tunable behaviour is very different from that with the tunability found in the inner current-voltage branch region [ M. Tsujimoto et al., to be published in 2011 ] and enables us to design useful and tunable sub-terahertz source devises. In the presentation, we will also discuss the possible high-power devices using the high-Qelectromagnetic cavity. *This work was supported in part by CREST-JST, WPI-MANA project (NIMS) and Strategic Initiative category (A) at the University of Tsukuba