Kerr nonlinearity and parametric amplification with an Al-InAs superconductor-semiconductor Josephson junction

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Autori principali: Hao, Z., Shaw, T., Hatefipour, M., Strickland, W. M., Elfeky, B. H., Langone, D., Shabani, J., Shankar, S.
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Hao, Z.
Shaw, T.
Hatefipour, M.
Strickland, W. M.
Elfeky, B. H.
Langone, D.
Shabani, J.
Shankar, S.
author_facet Hao, Z.
Shaw, T.
Hatefipour, M.
Strickland, W. M.
Elfeky, B. H.
Langone, D.
Shabani, J.
Shankar, S.
contents Nearly quantum limited Josephson parametric amplifiers (JPAs) are essential components in superconducting quantum circuits. However, higher order nonlinearities of the Josephson cosine potential are known to cause gain compression, therefore limiting scalability. In an effort to reduce the fourth order, or Kerr nonlinearity, we realize a parametric amplifier with an Al-InAs superconductor-semiconductor hybrid Josephson junction (JJ). We extract the Kerr nonlinearity of the Al-InAs JJ from two different devices and show that it is three orders of magnitude lower compared to an Al-$\text{AlO}_\text{X}$ junction with identical Josephson inductance. We then demonstrate a four-wave-mixing (4WM) parametric amplifier made with an Al-InAs junction that achieves more than 20 dB of gain and -119 dBm of compression power, that outperforms single resonant JPAs based on Al junctions.
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spellingShingle Kerr nonlinearity and parametric amplification with an Al-InAs superconductor-semiconductor Josephson junction
Hao, Z.
Shaw, T.
Hatefipour, M.
Strickland, W. M.
Elfeky, B. H.
Langone, D.
Shabani, J.
Shankar, S.
Quantum Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Nearly quantum limited Josephson parametric amplifiers (JPAs) are essential components in superconducting quantum circuits. However, higher order nonlinearities of the Josephson cosine potential are known to cause gain compression, therefore limiting scalability. In an effort to reduce the fourth order, or Kerr nonlinearity, we realize a parametric amplifier with an Al-InAs superconductor-semiconductor hybrid Josephson junction (JJ). We extract the Kerr nonlinearity of the Al-InAs JJ from two different devices and show that it is three orders of magnitude lower compared to an Al-$\text{AlO}_\text{X}$ junction with identical Josephson inductance. We then demonstrate a four-wave-mixing (4WM) parametric amplifier made with an Al-InAs junction that achieves more than 20 dB of gain and -119 dBm of compression power, that outperforms single resonant JPAs based on Al junctions.
title Kerr nonlinearity and parametric amplification with an Al-InAs superconductor-semiconductor Josephson junction
topic Quantum Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.11085