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most citedKinetic inductance traveling wave amplifier designs for practical microwave readout applications

15 citations · 29 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

hep-ex2026

Operation of Unshielded Kinetic-Inductance Traveling-Wave Parametric Amplifiers in Multi-Tesla Fields

Christian Boutan, Erik Lentz, Corwin Shiu +12

Cryogenic parametric amplifiers are used to amplify radio-frequency signals for a range of applications in basic and applied science. Both Josephson Parametric Amplifiers and Josep…

quant-ph2026

Multi-stage Quantum Amplifier Readout Chain

Logan Howe, Andrea Giachero, Michael Vissers +5

Multi-stage cryogenic readout chains with a wide bandwidth and added noise within a few quanta of the quantum limit are frequently constructed using traveling-wave parametric ampli…

quant-ph2025★ 10 cited

Coherence-limited digital control of a superconducting qubit using a Josephson pulse generator at 3 K

M. A. Castellanos-Beltran, A. J. Sirois, L. Howe +4

Compared to traditional semiconductor control electronics (TSCE) located at room temperature, cryogenic single flux quantum (SFQ) electronics can provide qubit measurement and cont…

quant-ph2025

Kinetic Inductance Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifiers Near the Quantum Limit: Methodology and Characterization

L. Howe, A. Giachero, M. Vissers +7

We present a detailed simulation and design framework for realizing traveling wave parametric amplifiers (TWPAs) using the nonlinear kinetic inductance of disordered superconductor…

physics.ins-det2025

Picosecond Josephson Samplers: Modeling and Measurements

Logan Howe, Bart van Zeghbroeck, David Olaya +4

Measurement of signals generated by superconducting Josephson junction (JJ) circuits require ultra-fast components located in close proximity to the generating circuitry. We report…

quant-ph2025

Compact Superconducting Kinetic Inductance Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifiers with On-chip rf Components

Logan Howe, Andrea Giachero, Michael Vissers +4

Quantum computing systems and fundamental physics experiments using superconducting technologies frequently require signal amplification chains operating near the quantum limit of…

quant-ph2025★ 4 cited

Measurable Improvement in Multi-Qubit Readout Using a Kinetic Inductance Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifier

M. A. Castellanos-Beltran, L. Howe, A. Giachero +4

Increasing the size and complexity of quantum information systems requires highly-multiplexed readout architectures, as well as amplifier chains operating near the quantum limit (Q…

quant-ph2024★ 15 cited

Kinetic inductance traveling wave amplifier designs for practical microwave readout applications

A. Giachero, M. Vissers, J. Wheeler +6

A Kinetic Inductance Traveling Wave amplifier (KIT) utilizes the nonlinear kinetic inductance of superconducting films, particularly Niobium Titanium Nitride (NbTiN), for parametri…