Intermodulation spectroscopy and the nonlinear response of two-level systems in superconducting coplanar waveguide resonators

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Main Authors: Biznárová, Janka, Hernández, J. C. Rivera, Forchheimer, Daniel, Bylander, Jonas, Haviland, David B., Andersson, Gustav
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author Biznárová, Janka
Hernández, J. C. Rivera
Forchheimer, Daniel
Bylander, Jonas
Haviland, David B.
Andersson, Gustav
author_facet Biznárová, Janka
Hernández, J. C. Rivera
Forchheimer, Daniel
Bylander, Jonas
Haviland, David B.
Andersson, Gustav
contents Two-level system (TLS) loss is typically limiting the coherence of superconducting quantum circuits. The loss induced by TLS defects is nonlinear, resulting in quality factors with a strong dependence on the circulating microwave power. We observe frequency mixing due to this nonlinearity by applying a two-tone drive to a coplanar waveguide resonator and measuring the intermodulation products using a multifrequency lock-in technique. This intermodulation spectroscopy method provides an efficient approach to characterizing TLS loss in superconducting circuits. Using harmonic balance reconstruction, we recover the nonlinear parameters of the device-TLS interaction, which are in good agreement with the standard tunnelling model for TLSs.
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spellingShingle Intermodulation spectroscopy and the nonlinear response of two-level systems in superconducting coplanar waveguide resonators
Biznárová, Janka
Hernández, J. C. Rivera
Forchheimer, Daniel
Bylander, Jonas
Haviland, David B.
Andersson, Gustav
Quantum Physics
Superconductivity
Two-level system (TLS) loss is typically limiting the coherence of superconducting quantum circuits. The loss induced by TLS defects is nonlinear, resulting in quality factors with a strong dependence on the circulating microwave power. We observe frequency mixing due to this nonlinearity by applying a two-tone drive to a coplanar waveguide resonator and measuring the intermodulation products using a multifrequency lock-in technique. This intermodulation spectroscopy method provides an efficient approach to characterizing TLS loss in superconducting circuits. Using harmonic balance reconstruction, we recover the nonlinear parameters of the device-TLS interaction, which are in good agreement with the standard tunnelling model for TLSs.
title Intermodulation spectroscopy and the nonlinear response of two-level systems in superconducting coplanar waveguide resonators
topic Quantum Physics
Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.10775