Josephson parametric reflection amplifier with integrated directionality
arXiv:1706.09300 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.9.064010
Abstract
A directional superconducting parametric amplifier in the GHz frequency range is designed and analyzed, suitable for low-power read-out of microwave kinetic inductance detectors employed in astrophysics and when combined with a nonreciprocal device at its input also for circuit quantum electrodynamics (cQED). It consists of an one wavelength long nondegenerate Josephson parametric reflection amplifier circuit. The device has two Josephson junction oscillators, connected via a tailored impedance to an on-chip passive circuit which directs the in- to the output port. The amplifier provides a gain of 20 dB over a bandwidth of 220 MHz on the signal as well as on the idler portion of the amplified input and the total photon shot noise referred to the input corresponds to maximally 1.3 photons per second per Hertz of bandwidth. We predict a factor of four increase in dynamic range compared to conventional Josephson parametric amplifiers.
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