Storage and on-demand release of microwaves using superconducting resonators with tunable coupling

Pierre, Mathieu; Svensson, Ida-Maria; Raman Sathyamoorthy, Sankar; Johansson, Göran; Delsing, Per

doi:10.1063/1.4882646

Title: Storage and on-demand release of microwaves using superconducting resonators with tunable coupling

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We present a system which allows to tune the coupling between a superconducting resonator and a transmission line. This storage resonator is addressed through a second, coupling resonator, which is frequency-tunable and controlled by a magnetic flux applied to a superconducting quantum interference device. We experimentally demonstrate that the lifetime of the storage resonator can be tuned by more than three orders of magnitude. A field can be stored for 18 μs when the coupling resonator is tuned off resonance and it can be released in 14 ns when the coupling resonator is tuned on resonance. The device allows capture, storage, and on-demand release of microwaves at a tunable rate.

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Pierre, Mathieu; Svensson, Ida-Maria; Raman Sathyamoorthy, Sankar; Johansson, Göran; Delsing, Per ^[1]

Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg (Sweden)

Publication Date:: Mon Jun 09 00:00:00 EDT 2014

OSTI Identifier:: 22300033

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Applied Physics Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 104; Journal Issue: 23; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; CAPTURE; COUPLING; LIFETIME; MAGNETIC FLUX; MICROWAVE RADIATION; POWER TRANSMISSION LINES; RESONATORS; SQUID DEVICES; STORAGE; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES

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                    Pierre, Mathieu, Svensson, Ida-Maria, Raman Sathyamoorthy, Sankar, Johansson, Göran, and Delsing, Per. Storage and on-demand release of microwaves using superconducting resonators with tunable coupling.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
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                    Pierre, Mathieu, Svensson, Ida-Maria, Raman Sathyamoorthy, Sankar, Johansson, Göran, & Delsing, Per. Storage and on-demand release of microwaves using superconducting resonators with tunable coupling.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4882646

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                    Pierre, Mathieu, Svensson, Ida-Maria, Raman Sathyamoorthy, Sankar, Johansson, Göran, and Delsing, Per. 2014.  
        "Storage and on-demand release of microwaves using superconducting resonators with tunable coupling".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4882646.

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@article{osti_22300033,

  title        = {Storage and on-demand release of microwaves using superconducting resonators with tunable coupling},

  author       = {Pierre, Mathieu and Svensson, Ida-Maria and Raman Sathyamoorthy, Sankar and Johansson, Göran and Delsing, Per},

  abstractNote = {We present a system which allows to tune the coupling between a superconducting resonator and a transmission line. This storage resonator is addressed through a second, coupling resonator, which is frequency-tunable and controlled by a magnetic flux applied to a superconducting quantum interference device. We experimentally demonstrate that the lifetime of the storage resonator can be tuned by more than three orders of magnitude. A field can be stored for 18 μs when the coupling resonator is tuned off resonance and it can be released in 14 ns when the coupling resonator is tuned on resonance. The device allows capture, storage, and on-demand release of microwaves at a tunable rate.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.4882646},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22300033},
  journal      = {Applied Physics Letters},

  issn         = {0003-6951},

  number       = 23,

  volume       = 104,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Jun 09 00:00:00 EDT 2014},

  month        = {Mon Jun 09 00:00:00 EDT 2014}

}

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