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TERAHERTZ LASERS & SIGNAL PROCESSING
Prizes and Awards:
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2021. (NSF Engineering Directorate, Division of Electrical, Communications, and Cyber Systems (ECCS).)
Journal Articles:
Stacked Intrinsic Josephson Junction Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 Terahertz Sources:
Design Issues for Achieving High Power Output Close to Tc
T. M. Benseman, K. J. Kihlstrom, A. E. Koshelev, U. Welp, W.-K. Kwok, & K. Kadowaki,
Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on UK-China Emerging Technologies (UCET), Glasgow, UK, September 2020.
IEEE Xplore, doi: 10.1109/UCET51115.2020.9205486.
Observation of a two-mode resonant state in a Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ mesa device for terahertz emission
T. M. Benseman, A. E. Koshelev, V. Vlasko-Vlasov, Y. Hao, U. Welp, W.-K. Kwok, B. Gross, M. Lange, D. Koelle, R. Kleiner, H. Minami, M. Tsujimoto, & K. Kadowaki,
Physical Review B 100, 144503 (2019).
Temperature and field dependence of the intrinsic tunnelling structure in overdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ
T. M. Benseman, J. R. Cooper, & G. Balakrishnan,
Physical Review B 98, 014507 (2018).
Thick Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ films grown by liquid-phase epitaxy for Josephson THz applications
Y. Simsek, V. Vlasko-Vlasov, A. E. Koshelev, T. Benseman, Y. Hao, I. Kesgin, H. Claus, J. Pearson, U. Welp, & W.-K. Kwok,
Superconductor Science & Technology 31, 015009 (2018).
Guiding thermomagnetic avalanches with soft magnetic stripes
V. K. Vlasko-Vlasov, F. Colauto, T. Benseman, D. Rosenmann, & W.-K. Kwok,
Physical Review B 96, 214510 (2017).
Manipulating Abrikosov vortices with soft magnetic stripes
V. K. Vlasko-Vlasov, F. Colauto, A. I. Buzdin, D. Rosenmann, T. Benseman, & W.-K. Kwok,
Physical Review B 95, 174514 (2017).
Magnetic gates and guides for superconducting vortices
V. K. Vlasko-Vlasov, F. Colauto, A. I. Buzdin, D. Rosenmann, T. Benseman, & W.-K. Kwok,
Physical Review B 95, 144504 (2017).
High-resolution thermal micro-imaging using Europium chelate luminescent coatings
T. M. Benseman, Y. Hao, V. Vlasko-Vlasov, U. Welp, A. E. Koshelev, W.-K. Kwok, R. Divan, C. Keiser, C. Watanabe, & K. Kadowaki,
Journal of Visualized Experiments 122, e53948 (2017).
Triode for Magnetic Flux Quanta
V. K. Vlasko-Vlasov, F. Colauto, T. Benseman, D. Rosenmann, & W.-K. Kwok,
Nature Scientific Reports 6, 36847 (2016).
Current filamentation in large Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 mesa devices
observed via luminescent and scanning laser thermal microscopy
T. M. Benseman, A. E. Koshelev, V. Vlasko-Vlasov, Y. Hao, W.-K. Kwok, U. Welp, C. Keiser, B. Gross, M. Lange, D. Kölle, R. Kleiner, H. Minami, C. Watanabe, & K. Kadowaki,
Physical Review Applied 3, 044017 (2015).
Antiferromagnetic and nematic phase transitions in BaFe2(As1-xPx)2
studied by AC micro-calorimetry and SQUID magnetometry
X. Luo, V. Stanev, B. Shen, L. Fang, X. S. Ling, R. Osborn, S. Rosenkranz, T. M. Benseman, R. N. S. Divan, W.-K. Kwok, & U. Welp,
Physical Review B 91, 094512 (2015).
Powerful terahertz emission from Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 mesa arrays
T. M. Benseman, K. E. Gray, A. E. Koshelev, W.-K. Kwok, U. Welp, H. Minami, K. Kadowaki, & T. Yamamoto,
Applied Physics Letters 103, 022602 (2013).
The ac Josephson relation and inhomogeneous temperature distributions
in large Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 mesas for THz emission
T. M. Benseman, A. E. Koshelev, W.-K. Kwok, U. Welp, K. Kadowaki, J. R. Cooper, & G. Balakrishnan,
Superconductor Science and Technology 26, 085016 (2013).
Jamming of superconducting vortices in a funnel structure
V. Vlasko-Vlasov, T. M. Benseman, U. Welp, & W.-K. Kwok,
Superconductor Science and Technology 26, 075023 (2013).
Direct imaging of hot spot in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 mesa terahertz sources
T. M. Benseman, K. E. Gray, A. E. Koshelev, W.-K. Kwok, U. Welp, V. Vlasko-Vlasov, & K. Kadowaki,
Journal of Applied Physics 113, 133902 (2013).
Tunable terahertz emission from Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 mesa devices
T. M. Benseman, A. E. Koshelev, K. E. Gray, W.-K. Kwok, U. Welp, K. Kadowaki, M. Tachiki, & T. Yamamoto,
Physical Review B 84, 064523 (2011).
Valency and spin states of substituent cations in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8
T. M. Benseman, J. R. Cooper, C. L. Zentile, L. Lemberger, & G. Balakrishnan,
Physical Review B 84, 144503 (2011).
Evidence for Dirac nodes from quantum oscillations in SrFe2As2
M. Sutherland, D. J. Hills, B. S. Tan, M. M. Altarawneh, N. Harrison, J. Gillett, E. C. T. O’Farrell, T. M. Benseman, I. Kokanovic, P. Syers, J. R. Cooper, & S. E. Sebastian,
Physical Review B (Rapid Comm.) 84, 180506(R) (2011).
A detailed de Haas–van Alphen effect study of the overdoped cuprate Tl2Ba2CuO6
P. M. C. Rourke, A. F. Bangura, T. M. Benseman, M. Matusiak, J. R. Cooper, A. Carrington, & N. E. Hussey,
New Journal of Physics 12, 105009 (2010).
Fermi surface and electronic homogeneity of the overdoped cuprate superconductor Tl2Ba2CuO6
as revealed by quantum oscillations
A. F. Bangura, P. M. C. Rourke, T. M. Benseman, M. Matusiak, J. R. Cooper, N. E. Hussey, & A. Carrington,
Physical Review B (Rapid Comm.) 82, 140501(R) (2010).
Increased Tc in Electrolyte-Gated Cuprates
A. S. Dhoot, S. C. Wimbush, T. M. Benseman, J. L. MacManus-Driscoll, J. R. Cooper, & R. H. Friend,
Advanced Materials 22, 2529–2533 (2010).
In-plane oxygen diffusion in single crystals of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8
T. M. Benseman, J. R. Cooper, & G. Balakrishnan,
Physica C 468, 81-87 (2008).
The phase diagram of high-Tc superconductors
J. L. Tallon, T. M. Benseman, G. V. M. Williams, & J. W. Loram,
Physica C 415, 9-14 (2004).
Invited Conference Presentations:
Intrinsic Josephson junction Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 terahertz sources:
Considerations for enhanced power output and operating temperature
K. J. Kihlstrom, K. C. Reddy, A. E. Koshelev, U. Welp, W.-K. Kwok, K. Kadowaki, & T. M. Benseman,
Presented at the 12th International Conference on Intrinsic Josephson Effect and Horizons of Superconducting Spintronics, Chisinau, Moldova, September 2021.
Intrinsic Josephson junction Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 terahertz sources:
Achieving high power output above 77 K
T. M. Benseman, K. J. Kihlstrom, K. C. Reddy, A. E. Koshelev, U. Welp, W.-K. Kwok, & K. Kadowaki,
Presented at the 2021 Vortex Workshop, IISER, India, June 2021.
THz emission at 80 Kelvin from stacked Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 Josephson junctions
T. M. Benseman, U. Welp, A. E. Koshelev, V. Vlasko-Vlasov, W.-K. Kwok, & K. Kadowaki,
Presented at PLASMA 2019 Conference, Orlando, Florida, January 2019.
Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 Interlayer Josephson Junctions as a coherent Terahertz source:
Recent developments and future outlook
T. M. Benseman, A. E. Koshelev, V. Vlasko-Vlasov, Y. Hao, W.-K. Kwok, U. Welp, B. Gross, M. Lange, D. Kölle, R. Kleiner, H. Minami, C. Watanabe, & K. Kadowaki,
Presented at MORIS 2018 Magnetism & Optics conference, CUNY Queens College, January 2018.
Terahertz radiation from Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 interlayer Josephson junctions:
Progress and future strategies
T. M. Benseman, A. E. Koshelev, V. Vlasko-Vlasov, Y. Hao, U. Welp, W.-K. Kwok, B. Gross, M. Lange, D. Koelle, R. Kleiner, & K. Kadowaki,
Presented at 14th International Workshop on High-Frequency Superconducting Electronics, Bjorkliden, Sweden, April 2016.
Terahertz radiation from Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 interlayer Josephson junctions:
Progress and future applications
T. M. Benseman, A. E. Koshelev, V. Vlasko-Vlasov, Y. Hao, U. Welp, W.-K. Kwok, B. Gross, M. Lange, D. Koelle, R. Kleiner, & K. Kadowaki,
Presented at Vortex workshop 2015, El Escorial, Spain, May 2015.
Terahertz radiation from Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 interlayer Josephson junctions:
Progress and future strategies
T. M. Benseman, A. E. Koshelev, V. Vlasko-Vlasov, Y. Hao, U. Welp, W.-K. Kwok, B. Gross, M. Lange, D. Koelle, R. Kleiner, & K. Kadowaki,
Presented at AMN-7 conference (Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology), Nelson, New Zealand, February 2015.
Powerful coherent terahertz emission from Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 mesa array
T. M. Benseman, U. Welp, A. E. Koshelev, K. E. Gray, W.-K. Kwok, H. Minami, K. Kadowaki, & T. Yamamoto,
Presented at PLASMA 2012 Conference, Izmir, Turkey, June 2012.