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Millimeter-Wave Four-Wave Mixing via Kinetic Inductance for Quantum Devices

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Abstract

Millimeter-wave superconducting devices offer transformative opportunities for quantum experiments at temperatures above 1K, allowing higher device power dissipation, integration with semiconductor technologies, as well as new avenues for studying light-matter interactions in the strong coupling regime. Using the intrinsic nonlinearity associated with kinetic inductance of thin film materials, we realize four-wave mixing at millimeter-wave frequencies: a key component for superconducting quantum systems. We report on the performance of low-loss planar resonators around 100 GHz, patterned on high kinetic inductance thin films of niobium nitride grown by atomic layer deposition. With two-tone spectroscopy we explore degenerate parametric conversion at single photon powers, paving the way for a new generation of high-frequency high-temperature quantum experiments.

Presenters

  • Alexander Anferov

    University of Chicago

Authors

  • Alexander Anferov

    University of Chicago

  • Aziza Suleymanzade

    University of Chicago

  • Andrew Oriani

    University of Chicago

  • Jonathan Simon

    Physics, University of Chicago, University of Chicago

  • David I Schuster

    University of Chicago, Physics, University of Chicago, Department of Physics and the James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, The James Franck Institute and Department of Physics, University of Chicago, The James Franck Institute and Department of Physics, The University of Chicago