Low-loss Millimeter-wave Resonators with an Improved Coupling Structure

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Main Authors: Anferov, Alexander, Harvey, Shannon P., Wan, Fanghui, Lee, Kan-Heng, Simon, Jonathan, Schuster, David I.
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Published: 2023
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author Anferov, Alexander
Harvey, Shannon P.
Wan, Fanghui
Lee, Kan-Heng
Simon, Jonathan
Schuster, David I.
author_facet Anferov, Alexander
Harvey, Shannon P.
Wan, Fanghui
Lee, Kan-Heng
Simon, Jonathan
Schuster, David I.
contents Millimeter-wave superconducting resonators are a useful tool for studying quantum device coherence in a new frequency domain. However, improving resonators is difficult without a robust and reliable method for coupling millimeter-wave signals to 2D structures. We develop and characterize a tapered transition structure coupling a rectangular waveguide to a planar slotline waveguide with better than 0.5 dB efficiency over 14 GHz, and use it to measure ground-shielded resonators in the W band (75 - 110 GHz). Having decoupled the resonators from radiative losses, we consistently achieve single-photon quality factors above $10^5$, with a two-level-system loss limit above $10^6$, and verify the effectiveness of oxide removal treatments to reduce loss. These values are 4-5 times higher than those previously reported in the W band, and much closer to typical planar microwave resonators. The improved losses demonstrated by these on-chip millimeter-wave devices shed new light on quantum decoherence in a different frequency regime, offer increased selectivity for high-frequency detectors, and enables new possibilities for hybrid quantum experiments integrating millimeter-wave frequencies.
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spellingShingle Low-loss Millimeter-wave Resonators with an Improved Coupling Structure
Anferov, Alexander
Harvey, Shannon P.
Wan, Fanghui
Lee, Kan-Heng
Simon, Jonathan
Schuster, David I.
Quantum Physics
Superconductivity
Instrumentation and Detectors
Millimeter-wave superconducting resonators are a useful tool for studying quantum device coherence in a new frequency domain. However, improving resonators is difficult without a robust and reliable method for coupling millimeter-wave signals to 2D structures. We develop and characterize a tapered transition structure coupling a rectangular waveguide to a planar slotline waveguide with better than 0.5 dB efficiency over 14 GHz, and use it to measure ground-shielded resonators in the W band (75 - 110 GHz). Having decoupled the resonators from radiative losses, we consistently achieve single-photon quality factors above $10^5$, with a two-level-system loss limit above $10^6$, and verify the effectiveness of oxide removal treatments to reduce loss. These values are 4-5 times higher than those previously reported in the W band, and much closer to typical planar microwave resonators. The improved losses demonstrated by these on-chip millimeter-wave devices shed new light on quantum decoherence in a different frequency regime, offer increased selectivity for high-frequency detectors, and enables new possibilities for hybrid quantum experiments integrating millimeter-wave frequencies.
title Low-loss Millimeter-wave Resonators with an Improved Coupling Structure
topic Quantum Physics
Superconductivity
Instrumentation and Detectors
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.01670