Nondegenerate, three-wave mixing with Josephson junctions

M. H. Devoret; A. Kamal; B. Abdo

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199691388.003.0005

Nondegenerate, three-wave mixing with Josephson junctions

M. H. Devoret^*, A. Kamal, B. Abdo

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Abstract

Non-linear microwave devices based on Josephson tunnel junctions and operating near the quantum limit have so far been based on SQUIDS and degenerate parametrically pumped oscillators, or related systems. This chapter addresses a new type of Josephson device operation that performs quantum analog signal processing, namely that of nondegenerate three-wave mixing. Both quantum-limited amplification and frequency conversion are possible with such devices, and their characteristics are entirely calculable analytically. The chapter in particular discusses the relationships between photon number gain, bandwidth, and dynamic range.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Fluctuating Nonlinear Oscillators
Subtitle of host publication	From Nanomechanics to Quantum Superconducting Circuits
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Volume	9780199691388
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191742255
ISBN (Print)	9780199691388
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199691388.003.0005
State	Published - Sep 20 2012

Keywords

Frequency conversion
Josephson junction
Nonlinear oscillator
Quantum-limited amplification
Three-wave mixing

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General Physics and Astronomy

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