A low-noise series-array Josephson junction parametric amplifier

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作者
Yurke, B
Roukes, ML
Movshovich, R
Pargellis, AN
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[1] Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill
[2] Condensed Matter Physics, Caltech, 114-36, Pasadena
[3] Los Alamos National Laboratory, MST-10, Los Alamos
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10.1063/1.116845
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We have obtained parametric gain at 19 GHz from a distributed Josephson junction parametric amplifier whose active gain medium consists of a series array of 1000 Josephson junctions embedded in a coplanar waveguide. When cooled to 1.7 K the amplifier provides 16 dB gain in a mode where the internally generated double sideband noise referred to input is 0.5+/-0.1 K. This noise is consistent with Nyquist noise generated from the losses. An instantaneous bandwidth of 125 MHz has been observed with a peak gain of 12 dB. The 3 dB compression point with a peak gain of 14.6 dB is -90.5 dB and the dynamic range is 38 dB. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.
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