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Theory of Two-Mode Parametric Resonance in Superconducting Cavity

Waltraut Wustmann, Vitaly S. Shumeiko

Published Jan 1, 2017• 0 citations
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Abstract

Nonlinear amplification, and nonlinear frequency conversion between cavity eigen modes is theoretically investigated. Parametric oscillation, and gains below and above instability threshold are analyzed. Vacuum noise squeezing is evaluated and output noise-to-signal ratio is calculated.
DOI
10.1364/qim.2017.qt6a.53

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