Abstract
We present a simple and effective way to phase lock terahertz cryogenic oscillators. Extreme nonlinearity of a superconductor-insulator-superconductor tunnel junction allows its implementation as a cryogenic high-harmonic phase detector (HPD), which is used both for mixing a terahertz oscillator signal with a microwave reference and for generating a phase error feedback signal that is directly applied to the oscillator for its phase locking. An integration of the HPD with a cryogenic flux-flow oscillator results in synchronization bandwidth as wide as 70 MHz (significantly exceeding conventional room-temperature system bandwidth), providing phase locking of 84% emitted power for 15 MHz oscillator linewidth.
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