Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2009-11-22
Phys. Rev. B 80, 174502 (2009)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
8 pages, 9 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.80.174502
We have studied nonlinear superconducting resonators: lambda/2 coplanar-waveguide (CPW) resonators with Josephson junctions (JJs) placed in the middle and lambda/4 CPW resonators terminated by JJs, which can be used for the qubit readout as "bifurcation amplifiers." The nonlinearity of the resonators arises from the Josephson junctions, and because of the nonlinearity, the resonators with appropriate parameters are expected to show a hysteretic response to the frequency sweep, or "bifurcation," when they are driven with a sufficiently large power. We designed and fabricated resonators whose resonant frequencies were around 10 GHz. We characterized the resonators at low temperatures, T<0.05 K, and confirmed that they indeed exhibited hysteresis. The sizes of the hysteresis, however, are sometimes considerably smaller than the predictions based on the loaded quality factor in the weak drive regime. When the discrepancy appears, it is mostly explained by taking into account the internal loss, which often increases in our resonators with increasing drive power in the relevant power range. As a possible origin of the power-dependent loss, the quasiparticle channel of conductance of the JJs is discussed.
Inomata Kunihiro
Tsai Jaw-Shen
Watanabe Michio
Yamamoto Tsuyoshi
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