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We describe a wide-band Josephson Parametric Amplifier (JPA) that is impedance-matched using an integrated compact superconducting transmission line transformer. The impedance transformer consists of two broadside coupled transmission lines…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-09-20 Leonardo Ranzani , Guilhem Ribeill , Brian Hassick , Kin Chung Fong

Josephson junction parametric amplifiers are playing a crucial role in the readout chain in superconducting quantum information experiments. However, their integration with current 3D cavity implementations poses the problem of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-07-23 A. Narla , K. M. Sliwa , M. Hatridge , S. Shankar , L. Frunzio , R. J. Schoelkopf , M. H. Devoret

We introduce a novel near-quantum-limited amplifier with a large tunable bandwidth and high dynamic range - the Josephson Array Mode Parametric Amplifier (JAMPA). The signal and idler modes involved in the amplification process are realized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-18 V. V. Sivak , S. Shankar , G. Liu , J. Aumentado , M. H. Devoret

Resonant phase-matched Josephson traveling-wave parametric amplifiers (RPM JTWPAs) play a key role in quantum computing and quantum information applications due to their low-noise, broadband amplification, and quadrature squeezing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-14 M. A. Gali Labarias , T. Yamada , Y. Nakashima , Y. Urade , K. Inomata

We extend the theory for a Josephson junction travelling wave parametric amplifier (TWPA) operating in the three-wave mixing regime and we propose a scheme for achieving high gain. The continuous three-mode model [P. K. Tien, J. Appl. Phys.…

Non-linearity of the current-phase relationship of a Josephson junction is the key resource for a Josephson parametric amplifier (JPA), the only device in which the quantum limit has so far been achieved at microwave frequencies. A standard…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-12-23 Bogdan A. Kochetov , Arkady Fedorov

Quantum-limited amplifiers, such as Josephson Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifiers (JTWPAs) and Josephson Parametric Amplifiers (JPAs), are essential components in quantum computers. They amplify low-power microwave signals from qubits at…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-27 Emre Küçükyılmaz , Mehmet Ünlü , Ali Bozbey

A traveling wave parametric amplifier (TWPA) composed of a transmission line made up of a chain of coupled asymmetric superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) is proposed. The unique nature of this transmission line is that its…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-09-16 M. T. Bell , A. Samolov

In this work, we develop a comprehensive numerical analysis of the dynamic response of a Josephson Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifier (JTWPA) by varying the driving parameters, with a focus on the pathways leading to chaotic behavior. By…

Josephson traveling wave parametric amplifiers enable the amplification of weak microwave signals close to the quantum limit with large bandwidth, which has a broad range of applications in superconducting quantum computing and in the…

Optimizing the performance of cryogenic quantum amplifiers is a key step toward achieving high-fidelity and scalable qubit readout. In this work, we present efficient and accurate modeling of a Josephson traveling-wave parametric amplifier…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-11 Likai Yang , Jennifer Wang , Mohamed Awida Hassan , Philip Krantz , Kevin P. O'Brien

We have developed a recently proposed Josephson traveling-wave parametric amplifier with three-wave mixing [A. B. Zorin, Phys. Rev. Applied 6, 034006, 2016]. The amplifier consists of a microwave transmission line formed by a serial array…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-05-09 A. B. Zorin , M. Khabipov , J. Dietel , R. Dolata

A Josephson parametric amplifier (JPA) can create squeezed states of microwave light, lowering the noise associated with certain quantum measurements. We experimentally study how the JPA's pump influences the phase-sensitive amplification…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-25 M. Malnou , D. A. Palken , Leila R. Vale , Gene C. Hilton , K. W. Lehnert

Squeezing of the electromagnetic vacuum is an essential metrological technique used to reduce quantum noise in applications spanning gravitational wave detection, biological microscopy, and quantum information science. In superconducting…

Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifiers (TWPAs) are extensively employed in experiments involving weak microwave signals for their highly desirable quantum-limited and broadband characteristics. However, TWPAs' broadband nature comes with the…

Superconducting traveling-wave parametric amplifiers (TWPAs) are essential elements for enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and thus the read-out fidelity of superconducting qubits because of their high gain and near quantum-limited…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-13 Daryoush Shiri , Likai Yang , Saesun Kim , Mohamed A. Hassan , Philip Krantz , Eric T. Holland

Many experiments operating at millikelvin temperatures with signal frequencies in the microwave regime are beginning to incorporate Josephson Parametric Amplifiers (JPA) as their first amplification stage. While there are implementations…

Detection of low-reflectivity objects can be enriched via the so-called quantum illumination procedure. In order that this quantum procedure outperforms classical detection protocols, entangled states of microwave radiation are initially…

The operating principle of traveling-wave parametric amplifiers is typically understood in terms of the standard coupled mode theory, which describes the evolution of forward propagating waves without any reflections, i.e. for perfect…

We characterize a novel Josephson parametric amplifier based on a flux-tunable quarter-wavelength resonator. The fundamental resonance frequency is ~1GHz, but we use higher modes of the resonator for our measurements. An on-chip tuning line…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-12 M. Simoen , C. W. S. Chang , P. Krantz , Jonas Bylander , W. Wustmann , V. Shumeiko , P. Delsing , C. M. Wilson