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Physics of the Solid State

Development of Josephson Traveling-Wave Parametric Amplifier Based on Aluminum SIS Junctions

Michael A. Tarasov, Aleksandra A. Gunbina, S. A. Lemzyakov, D. V. Nagirnaya, Mikhail Yu. Fominskii, Artem M. Chekushkin, V. P. Koshelets, E. Goldobin, Alexei Kalaboukhov

Published Oct 1, 2021• 3 citations
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Abstract Prototypes of the design of Josephson traveling-wave parametric amplifier based on aluminum superconductor–insulator–superconductor junctions in the form of direct-current SQUIDs included in central conductor of coplanar line are developed, fabricated, and investigated. Three manufacturing methods for the fabrication of such devices are tested: two of them using shadow evaporation and one using magnetron sputtering and direct electron-beam lithography. Current–voltage characteristics of the junctions are measured at 0.3 K. A cryogenic setup for the measurement of spectral characteristics of such amplifier containing cold semiconductor amplifier with circulator and cooled attenuators of the channels of input signal and pump is developed. The absorption spectrum of coplanar directional coupler with a quarter-wave resonator dedicated for measurements of short chains from one to 27 SQUIDs is measured.

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10.1134/s1063783421090419

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The issues of designing a Josephson traveling-wave parametric amplifier (JTWPA) based on a well-established technology of superconducting microcircuits with given and controlled parameters based on high-quality Nb-AlOx-Nb tunnel junctions are considered. This technology has been adapted and optimized to obtain structures with the required parameters and circuits with large number of tunnel junctions. To advance the technology, the basic elements of a promising JTWPA have been devel-oped, manufactured and studied. In direct current measurements, a number of super-conducting elements parameters were experimentally determined; these parameters are required for designing a JTWPA chips for microwave measurements. An original design of JTWPA based on a chain of SQUIDs in a coplanar line has been developed for implementation using the IRE niobium technology; the parameters of the main elements of the JTWPA have been determined. Keywords: Josephson travelling-wave parametric amplifiers (JTWPA), Josephson metamaterials (JMM), Josephson junctions (JJs), cold amplifier, coplanar lines, quantum noise, SIS, SQUIDs.
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