A Josephson traveling wave parametric amplifier featuring superconducting nonlinear asymmetric inductive elements.

ORAL

Abstract

We present our latest experimental results on Josephson traveling wave parametric amplifiers (TWPAs) fabricated with our Nb/Al-AlOx/Nb junction process [1,2] tailored for the readout of superconducting quantum bits. Our TWPA exhibits gain in excess of 15 dB across 4-9 GHz in three-wave mixing. The device design features superconducting nonlinear asymmetric inductive elements (SNAILs), an integrated on-chip magnetic flux bias line, as well as engineered dispersion for the control of the second harmonic generation of the pump tone. We compare the experimental results to predictions from coupled mode equations.

[1] Leif Grönberg et al., Superconductor Science and Technology 30, 125016 (2017)
[2] Slawomir Simbierowicz et al., arXiv:2009.03010

*This research is funded by EU Quantum Flagship (OpenSuperQ, QMiCS), the European Microkelvin Platform, and Academy of Finland (312059, 312294, 321700).

Presenters

  • Debopam Datta

    • VTT Micro & Nanoelectronics

Authors

  • Visa Vesterinen

    • VTT
    • VTT Micro & Nanoelectronics
    • VTT Techical Research Center of Finland Ltd.
    • VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
  • Debopam Datta

    • VTT Micro & Nanoelectronics
  • Nils Tiencken

    • VTT Micro & Nanoelectronics
  • Slawomir Simbierowicz

    • VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
    • Bluefors Oy
    • VTT Micro & Nanoelectronics
  • Robab Najafi Jabdaraghi

    • VTT Micro & Nanoelectronics
    • VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
  • Leif Grönberg

    • VTT Micro & Nanoelectronics
    • VTT Techical Research Center of Finland Ltd.
    • VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
    • QTF Centre of Excellence, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.
  • Janne Lehtinen

    • VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
    • VTT Micro & Nanoelectronics
  • Mika Prunnila

    • VTT Micro & Nanoelectronics
    • VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.
    • VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
  • Joonas Govenius

    • QCD Labs, Aalto University
    • VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
    • VTT Micro & Nanoelectronics