{"title":"Josephson parametric amplifier with third-order resonator impedance matching","authors":"Quan Zuo,Kaixuan Zhang,Wenqu Xu,Junliang Jiang,Tingting Guo,Shiyao Yang,Tianshi Zhou,Mingyuan Yu,Yongyang Yu,Junzhou Zhang,Binglin Li,Jiyuan Zhu,Jiazheng Pan,Jinpeng Li,Huabing Wang,Chunhai Cao,Guozhu Sun,Peiheng Wu","doi":"10.1063/5.0347297","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We propose and realize a multi-resonator coupled impedance-matched Josephson parametric amplifier. Parallel plate capacitors serve as couplers to achieve coupling between the nonlinear resonator containing the Josephson loop and the half-wavelength resonator, and between the half-wavelength resonators themselves. By precisely designing each coupling strength, we effectively extend the amplifier's bandwidth. Through a combination of circuit-level and electromagnetic field simulations, we optimize the structural parameters of the resonators and capacitors. The two measured devices have 15 dB gain with a bandwidth of 1.3 GHz and 20 dB gain with a bandwidth of 1.1 GHz, respectively, with near-quantum-limited noise temperatures.","PeriodicalId":8094,"journal":{"name":"Applied Physics Letters","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.8000,"publicationDate":"2026-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Applied Physics Letters","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0347297","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PHYSICS, APPLIED","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We propose and realize a multi-resonator coupled impedance-matched Josephson parametric amplifier. Parallel plate capacitors serve as couplers to achieve coupling between the nonlinear resonator containing the Josephson loop and the half-wavelength resonator, and between the half-wavelength resonators themselves. By precisely designing each coupling strength, we effectively extend the amplifier's bandwidth. Through a combination of circuit-level and electromagnetic field simulations, we optimize the structural parameters of the resonators and capacitors. The two measured devices have 15 dB gain with a bandwidth of 1.3 GHz and 20 dB gain with a bandwidth of 1.1 GHz, respectively, with near-quantum-limited noise temperatures.
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