DC-operated Josephson junction arrays as a cryogenic on-chip microwave measurement platform
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Providing radio frequency (RF) signals to cryogenic circuits requires bulky and expensive cabling interfacing specialized RF electronics at room temperature. Superconducting-normal metal-superconducting Josephson junction arrays (JJAs) can change this paradigm by placing the RF source and detector on-chip. In this work, we demonstrate that DC-biased JJAs can emit signals in the C-band frequency spectrum and beyond, with a minimal linewidth of 106.5 ± 0.1 MHz and maximum power of 11.9 fW. We fabricate JJAs comprised of amorphous MoGe or NbTiN superconducting islands and metallic Au weak links. Temperature, magnetic field, applied current, and device design are explored to control the RF sources, while we identify important features that affect the ideal source behavior. Combined with the ability of these JJAs to detect microwave radiation, these sources allow us to propose a fully DC-operated cryogenic on-chip measurement platform that is an alternative to the high-frequency circuitry currently required for quantum applications.
Source: Communications Physics
Institutions: KU Leuven, Chalmers University of Technology, University of Liège, IMEC
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,990
Awards: G2739570614, G3246155272, G3520159704, Quantum phase-slip centers as building blocks for circuit quantum electrodynamic, G4123477469, G6095663869, Electrostatic control of spin-triplet superconductivity in artificial superferroic hybrid systems, G7349045566, G807896126, Spin transport in unconventional superconductors
OpenAlex ID: W4412364357