Chinese Physics Letters

Single and Double Superconducting Coplanar Waveguide Resonators

Na Zhao, Jianshe Liu, Hao Li, Tiefu Li, Wei Chen

Published Aug 1, 2012• 8 citations

Abstract

Transmission characteristics of single and double coplanar waveguide (CPW) resonators are simulated. The crosstalk of two CPW resonators located on the same chip is observed in simulation as well as in low temperature measurement results. The crosstalk behaves as exponential attenuation versus the distance between two resonators.

DOI: 10.1088/0256-307x/29/8/088401

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