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Quantum mechanics can strongly influence the noise properties of mesoscopic devices. To probe this effect we have measured the current fluctuations at high-frequency (5-90G Hz) using a superconductor-insulator-superconductor tunnel junction…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Deblock , E. Onac , L. Gurevich , L. P. Kouwenhoven

We investigate the transient dynamics of a lumped-element oscillator based on a dc superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID). The SQUID is shunted with a capacitor forming a nonlinear oscillator with resonance frequency in the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-02-16 P. Bhupathi , Peter Groszkowski , M. P. DeFeo , Matthew Ware , Frank K. Wilhelm , B. L. T. Plourde

Low-noise microwave amplifiers are crucial for detecting weak signals in fields such as quantum technology and radio astronomy. However, designing an ideal amplifier is challenging, as it must cover a wide frequency range, add minimal…

Josephson junction (JJ) chains combine the coherence of superconductivity with the controllability of microwave-frequency circuits, making them a powerful platform for circuit quantum electrodynamics. In this work we consider a long JJ…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-04-06 Lucia Vigliotti , Andrew P. Higginbotham , Maksym Serbyn

Tunable Josephson harmonics open new avenues for qubit design. We demonstrate a superconducting circuit element consisting of a tunnel junction in series with a SQUID loop, yielding a Josephson potential whose harmonic content is strongly…

Amplifiers are ubiquitous in electronics and play a fundamental role in a wide range of scientific measurements. From a user's perspective, an ideal amplifier has very low noise, operates over a broad frequency range, and has a high dynamic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-01-12 Byeong Ho Eom , Peter K. Day , Henry G. Leduc , Jonas Zmuidzinas

We construct a holographic model of superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) in the Einstein-Maxwell-complex scalar theory with a negative cosmological constant. The SQUID ring consists of two Josephson junctions which sit on two…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-17 Rong-Gen Cai , Yong-Qiang Wang , Hai-Qing Zhang

We have developed a comprehensive theoretical model for predicting the magnetic field response of a parallel SQUID array in the voltage state. The model predictions are compared with our experimental data from a parallel SQUID array made of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-02-24 K. -H. Müller , E. E. Mitchell

We demonstrate a Josephson parametric amplifier design with a band-pass impedance matching network based on a third-order Chebyshev prototype. We measured eight amplifiers operating at 4.6 GHz that exhibit gains of 20 dB with less than 1 dB…

The scaleup of quantum computers operating in the microwave domain requires advanced control electronics, and the use of integrated components that operate at the temperature of the quantum devices is potentially beneficial. However, such…

Directional amplifiers are an important resource in quantum information processing, as they protect sensitive quantum systems from excess noise. Here, we propose an implementation of phase-preserving and phase-sensitive directional…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-09 Daniel Malz , László D. Tóth , Nathan R. Bernier , Alexey K. Feofanov , Tobias J. Kippenberg , Andreas Nunnenkamp

We analyze the behavior of a dc Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) phase qubit in which one junction acts as a phase qubit and the rest of the device provides isolation from dissipation and noise in the bias leads. Ignoring…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 Kaushik Mitra , F. W. Strauch , C. J. Lobb , J. R. Anderson , F. C. Wellstood , Eite Tiesinga

Usually, the superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) consists of two Josephson junctions and the interference therein is modulated by a magnetic flux. In this work, we propose an electrically modulated SQUID consisting of single…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-01-31 Yong Xu , Salah Uddin , Jun Wang , Zhongshui Ma , Jun-Feng Liu

A flux qubit readout scheme involving a dispersive technique coupled to a microstrip squid amplifier has been tested experimentally. Thanks to the almost quantum limited noise of this amplifier at low temperature, this readout device is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2008-12-02 Sebastien Michotte

We study a 0-$\pi$ dc superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) with asymmetric inductances and critical currents of the two Josephson junctions (JJs). By considering such a dc SQUID as a black box with two terminals, we calculate…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-18 E. Goldobin , D. Koelle , R. Kleiner

The dynamics of overdamped Josephson junctions under varying microwave-driving conditions have been studied through numerical simulations using the resistively-shunted junction (RSJ) model, with a focus on primary voltage metrology…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-08-19 Paolo Durandetto

Amplifiers based on Josephson junctions allow for a fast and noninvasive readout of superconducting qubits. Motivated by the ongoing progress toward the realization of fault-tolerant qubits based on Majorana bound states, we investigate the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-07-19 Samuel Boutin , Pedro L. S. Lopes , Anqi Mu , Udson C. Mendes , Ion Garate

We present an impedance engineered Josephson parametric amplifier capable of providing bandwidth beyond the traditional gain-bandwidth product. We achieve this by introducing a positive linear slope in the imaginary component of the input…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-03 Tanay Roy , Suman Kundu , Madhavi Chand , A. M. Vadiraj , A. Ranadive , N. Nehra , Meghan P. Patankar , J. Aumentado , A. A. Clerk , R. Vijay

The properties of phase escape in a dc SQUID at 25 mK, which is well below quantum-to-classical crossover temperature $T_{cr}$, in the presence of strong resonant ac driving have been investigated. The SQUID contains two Nb/Al-AlO$_{x} $/Nb…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-18 H. F. Yu , X. B. Zhu , Z. H. Peng , W. H. Cao , D. J. Cui , Ye Tian , G. H. Chen , D. N. Zheng , X. N. Jing , Li Lu , S. P. Zhao , Siyuan Han

High-gain amplifiers of electromagnetic signals operating near the quantum limit are crucial for quantum information systems and ultrasensitive quantum measurements. However, the existing techniques have a limited gain-bandwidth product and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-01 C. F. Ockeloen-Korppi , E. Damskägg , J. -M. Pirkkalainen , T. T. Heikkilä , F. Massel , M. A. Sillanpää